Operations Research Transactions ›› 2024, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 75-90.doi: 10.15960/j.cnki.issn.1007-6093.2024.04.007

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Study on DEA-based resources allocation with regret aversion

Xu WANG1,*(), Yingming WANG2,3, Yixin LAN2   

  1. 1. School of Economics & Management, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
    2. School of Economics & Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, Fujian, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Spatial Data Mining & Information Sharing of Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350116, Fujian, China
  • Received:2021-04-06 Online:2024-12-15 Published:2024-12-20
  • Contact: Xu WANG E-mail:sugarwang0813@163.com

Abstract:

Considering a resources allocation scenario, in which the decision makers always tend to choose an allocation plan that does not render them regret. To this end, this paper proposes to employ regret aversion to help to allocate resources. Firstly, the data envelopment analysis approach is applied to measure the allocation performance. Then, the utility functions of beneficial resources and cost resources are distinguished. Thereafter, the regret value and rejoice value functions for resources allocation are built. With the help of Max-min rejoice value and Min-max regret value, the optimal resources allocation plan is determined. A numerical example is employed to show the applicability of the proposed approach. It shows that the method based on the regret aversion can help the decision maker to find an efficient resources allocation scheme and fairly distribute resources among decision making units.

Key words: data envelopment analysis, resources allocation, regret aversion, regret value, rejoice value

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