Integration of α-fairness with DEA based resource allocation model

作     者：Gongbing Bi Hailing Wang Jingjing Ding 

作者机构：School of Management University of Science and Technology of China School of Management Hefei University of Technology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics》 (系统工程与电子技术（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第25卷第6期

页      面：1027-1036页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 120204[管理学-技术经济及管理] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 020106[经济学-人口、资源与环境经济学] 020201[经济学-国民经济学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71171181 71301155) the Fundamental Research Fundsfor the Central Universities(WK2040160008 J2014HGBZ0172) 

主　　题：data envelopment analysis(DEA) resource alloca-tion efficiency fairness α-fairness Gini coefficient 

摘      要：How to allocate a resource efficiently and fairly attracts the attention of both researchers and practitioners. Data envelopment analysis（DEA） has been brought to bear on its solution. The existing literature applies Gini coefficient to measure the fairness in the resource allocation process. However, the Gini coefficient is inapplicable in many applications. This paper proposes a novel centralized resource allocation model based on DEA that considers both the efficiency and the fairness. This paper adopts a notion of fairness, namely α-fairness that is well studied in welfare economics and is of practical significance. The new model integratesα-fairness with DEA to support resource allocation decisions. It aids decision makers in making a trade-off between the efficiency and the fairness. An illustrative application is used to validate the proposed approach.