Mathematics and Computational Sciences

An integrated super efficiency index based on entropy approach: the case of Chinese commercial banks

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mojtaba Ghiyasi 1
Ning Zhu 2

1 Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Shahrood University of Technology

2 School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University

https://doi.org/10.30511/mcs.2025.2047893.1263
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel integrated super efficiency method for ranking decision making units using data envelopment analysis. The integrated method is based on the effect of removing a unit from all possible aggregated units using Shannon entropy approach. In contrasted with the classical super efficiency method, we do not face infeasibility in our model. This is due to the fact that we do not alter the efficiency frontier in our model. An application of the proposed models for ranking Chinese commercial banks demonstrates the practical relevance and advanced future of our method.

Keywords

Date envelopment analysis
Ranking
Super efficiency
Shannon entropy

Subjects

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Mathematics and Computational Sciences
Volume 6, Issue 2
Spring 2025
Pages 64-71

  • Receive Date 10 December 2024
  • Revise Date 04 March 2025
  • Accept Date 04 March 2025

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