Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4634775 | Applied Mathematics and Computation | 2007 | 12 Pages |
In this paper we show that the method of discriminant analysis (DA), on interval data by data envelopment analysis (DEA). DEA-discriminant analysis (DEA-DA) is designed to identify the existence or non-existence of an overlap between two groups, by separating hyperplane. In addition it predicts a new observation to the group which it belongs to. Data envelopment analysis technique which is developed based on the mathematical programming, evaluates the relative efficiency of a set of homogeneous decision making units. However, there are similarities between DEA and DA. DA is a method for separating two sets with previous knowledge meanwhile DEA is a technique for separating two sets efficient and inefficient without previous knowledge. Also goal programming method can be used for both of these methods.