Alternative Secondary Goals in Multiplicative Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis

Table 1

The existing secondary goals in DEA models.

References	Secondary goal
One-stage DEA model
Dimitrov and Sutton [32] and Jahanshahloo et al. [33]	Promoting symmetric weight selection
Contreras [34]	Optimizing the rank position of the DMU
Liang et al. [39] and Wang and Chin [40]	Minimizing the total deviation from the ideal point, minimizing the maximum d-efficiency score, minimizing the mean absolute deviation
Wu et al. [41]	Selecting weights based on both desirable and undesirable cross-efficiency targets
Two-stage DEA model
Kao and Hwang [4] and Liang et al. [29]	Maximizing one stage’s efficiency
Zhou et al. [31] and Tavana et al. [36]	Minimizing the individual efficiency of the other party
An et al. [37]	Making the ratio of decomposed divisional efficiencies close to the reference point
Fang [38]	Assessing the stage efficiencies by considering the different and DMU-specific degree of priority given to the stages.