DEA APPLICATIONS IN THE DEFENSE SECTOR

Abstract

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric methodology that can be used to measure the relative efficiency of homogenous entities (Decision Making Units (DMUs)) that use the same inputs to produce the same outputs. Since its introduction in 1978, there has been a notable growth in the published papers where DEA is applied in various areas, such as: education, banking, finance, energetics, agriculture, health care, sport, the defense sector, etc. The aim of this paper is to present the application of DEA in the defense sector. 15 studies published in the period between 1983 and 2014 are analyzed. The emphasis in the analyzed studies is on the observed period, the sample, the used variables, the models, and the obtained results.