{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2803033241","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","title":"Application of Dempster-Shafer theory in combining the experts\u2019 opinions in DEA","display_name":"Application of Dempster-Shafer theory in combining the experts\u2019 opinions in DEA","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-05-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2803033241","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","mag":"2803033241"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S169988927","display_name":"Journal of the Operational Research Society","issn_l":"0160-5682","issn":["0160-5682","1476-9360"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319703","host_organization_name":"Palgrave Macmillan","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319703","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Palgrave Macmillan","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of the Operational Research Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032037180","display_name":"Omid Yaghubi Agreh","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I51301133","display_name":"Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University","ror":"https://ror.org/05pg2cw06","country_code":"IR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I51301133"]}],"countries":["IR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Omid Yaghubi Agreh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I51301133"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042837522","display_name":"\u200eAlireza Ghaffari-Hadigheh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-2767"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I51301133","display_name":"Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University","ror":"https://ror.org/05pg2cw06","country_code":"IR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I51301133"]}],"countries":["IR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Alireza Ghaffari-Hadigheh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-2767","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I51301133"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5042837522"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I51301133"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.4246,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.6767093,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"70","issue":"6","first_page":"915","last_page":"925"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.9853000044822693,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12709","display_name":"Optimization and Mathematical Programming","score":0.9765999913215637,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-envelopment-analysis","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","score":0.7759336233139038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dempster\u2013shafer-theory","display_name":"Dempster\u2013Shafer theory","score":0.6915410757064819},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6910507678985596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.5565652847290039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.4567367732524872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain","display_name":"Domain (mathematical analysis)","score":0.4387891888618469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/project-management","display_name":"Project management","score":0.42493462562561035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subject-matter-expert","display_name":"Subject-matter expert","score":0.419130802154541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.3922277092933655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/expert-system","display_name":"Expert system","score":0.3693581819534302},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.36605292558670044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.27897903323173523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.21196728944778442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.08114373683929443}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22088475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647974","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","level":2,"score":0.7759336233139038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178011137","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285997","display_name":"Dempster\u2013Shafer theory","level":2,"score":0.6915410757064819},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6910507678985596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.5565652847290039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.4567367732524872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36503486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11235244","display_name":"Domain (mathematical analysis)","level":2,"score":0.4387891888618469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15952604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179012","display_name":"Project management","level":2,"score":0.42493462562561035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105002631","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4833645","display_name":"Subject-matter expert","level":3,"score":0.419130802154541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3922277092933655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58328972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184609","display_name":"Expert system","level":2,"score":0.3693581819534302},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.36605292558670044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.27897903323173523},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.21196728944778442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.08114373683929443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S169988927","display_name":"Journal of the Operational Research Society","issn_l":"0160-5682","issn":["0160-5682","1476-9360"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319703","host_organization_name":"Palgrave Macmillan","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319703","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Palgrave Macmillan","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of the Operational Research Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:taf:tjorxx:v:70:y:2019:i:6:p:915-925","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01605682.2018.1468858","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.800000011920929}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322530","display_name":"Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University","ror":"https://ror.org/05pg2cw06"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":42,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W58481735","https://openalex.org/W64377252","https://openalex.org/W159789605","https://openalex.org/W1510827835","https://openalex.org/W1968293352","https://openalex.org/W1971984261","https://openalex.org/W1981643872","https://openalex.org/W1990275757","https://openalex.org/W1996202725","https://openalex.org/W2007367842","https://openalex.org/W2008144378","https://openalex.org/W2017286318","https://openalex.org/W2018454036","https://openalex.org/W2019950953","https://openalex.org/W2023716082","https://openalex.org/W2037361561","https://openalex.org/W2039125701","https://openalex.org/W2048196003","https://openalex.org/W2050056788","https://openalex.org/W2063022197","https://openalex.org/W2076452041","https://openalex.org/W2081384722","https://openalex.org/W2088756387","https://openalex.org/W2089691864","https://openalex.org/W2096088275","https://openalex.org/W2097173585","https://openalex.org/W2101869826","https://openalex.org/W2104419632","https://openalex.org/W2114463407","https://openalex.org/W2117079761","https://openalex.org/W2117897510","https://openalex.org/W2129763896","https://openalex.org/W2406470551","https://openalex.org/W2506753585","https://openalex.org/W2797148637","https://openalex.org/W2912189486","https://openalex.org/W4206484151","https://openalex.org/W4210307310","https://openalex.org/W4210427261","https://openalex.org/W4230588984","https://openalex.org/W4234521054","https://openalex.org/W4301347335"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2124618300","https://openalex.org/W4251129740","https://openalex.org/W4289529465","https://openalex.org/W1752292405","https://openalex.org/W1983574532","https://openalex.org/W2038540893","https://openalex.org/W2036908429","https://openalex.org/W2277666011","https://openalex.org/W2279978373","https://openalex.org/W4235667779"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"data":[1,114],"envelopment":[2,115],"analysis":[3],"models,":[4],"values":[5],"of":[6,30,48,51,128,135,164],"inputs,":[7],"outputs":[8],"and":[9,69,82],"their":[10],"slack":[11],"weights":[12],"are":[13,37],"usually":[14],"based":[15],"on":[16,63],"the":[17,42,46,60,64,75,133,141,153,162,165],"domain":[18],"experts\u2019":[19,129],"opinions.":[20],"While":[21],"they":[22],"play":[23],"a":[24,94,99,124],"key":[25],"role":[26],"in":[27,33,90,102,113,140],"efficiency":[28],"evaluation":[29],"decision-making":[31],"units":[32],"practice,":[34],"when":[35,59],"there":[36],"more":[38],"than":[39],"one":[40,72],"expert,":[41],"manager":[43],"encounters":[44],"with":[45,149],"problem":[47,55],"effective":[49],"specification":[50],"final":[52],"values.":[53],"The":[54,145],"may":[56],"be":[57],"worsen":[58],"belief":[61,142],"degree":[62],"opinions":[65],"is":[66,93,121,147,158],"not":[67],"complete":[68],"differs":[70],"from":[71],"expert":[73],"to":[74,80,97,109,160],"other,":[76],"which":[77,131],"consequently":[78],"leads":[79],"different":[81],"sometimes":[83],"conflicting":[84],"analytic":[85],"results.":[86],"Belief":[87],"function":[88,143],"defined":[89],"Dempster\u2013Shafer":[91],"theory":[92,108],"powerful":[95],"tool":[96],"derive":[98],"possible":[100],"solution":[101],"these":[103],"circumstances.":[104],"We":[105],"adapt":[106],"this":[107],"address":[110],"such":[111],"situations":[112],"analysis.":[116],"A":[117],"linear":[118],"optimisation":[119],"model":[120],"devised":[122],"as":[123],"new":[125],"combination":[126,138],"rule":[127],"opinions,":[130],"covers":[132],"drawbacks":[134],"some":[136],"existing":[137],"rules":[139],"theory.":[144],"methodology":[146],"visualised":[148],"simple":[150],"examples.":[151],"Moreover,":[152],"well-known":[154],"Monte":[155],"Carlo":[156],"experimentation":[157],"used":[159],"test":[161],"performance":[163],"proposed":[166],"method.":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}