{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,5]],"date-time":"2025-10-05T12:28:40Z","timestamp":1759667320374,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":37,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"7","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]],"date-time":"2014-07-29T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1406592000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 The purpose of this paper is to consider the following problem; if the manager of the parallel network systems wants to add new sub-decision making units (sub-DMUs) to each parallel network system, he\/she wants to know how much new fuzzy inputs allocate to new sub-DMUs and how much outputs these new sub-DMUs produce such that the efficiency of each parallel network system improve or preserve. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 Resource allocation and target setting is a famous topic in management science, therefore many managers attention to this field. Data envelopment analysis is one approach to apply the resource. Resource allocation and target setting is a famous topic in management science, therefore many managers attention to this field. Data envelopment analysis is one approach to apply the resource allocation and target setting. In real application the structure of many DMUs are network and the data of them are imprecise. In this work first the authors calculate the fuzzy efficiency of parallel systems by common set of weights method, after that the authors propose an approach to find how much fuzzy inputs allocate to new sub-DMUs, and how much new fuzzy outputs produce, where the efficiency of each parallel network system improve or preserve. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 It is found the value of inputs and outputs of new sub-DMUs, where the efficiency of each system not worse than before. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 The method can be used in many organizations such as banks, chain stores, car factory, etc. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 For the first time the authors allocate new sub-DMUs to each system, and the data of paper are fuzzy numbers.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/k-02-2013-0016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]],"date-time":"2014-07-29T12:32:16Z","timestamp":1406637136000},"page":"1079-1097","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The allocation of sub-decision making units to parallel fuzzy network systems"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"A.","family":"Hadi-Vencheh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zahra","family":"Ghelej Beigi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kobra","family":"Gholami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Amirteimoori, A.\n                and \n                  Mohagheghtabar, M.\n                (2010), \u201cResource allocation and target setting in data envelopment analysis\u201d, Expert Systems With Applications, Vol. 37, pp. 3036-3039.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2009.09.029"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Banker, R.D.\n               , \n                  Charnes, A.\n                and \n                  Cooper, W.W.\n                (1984), \u201cSome models for estimating technical and scale inefficiencies in data envelopment analysis\u201d, Management science, Vol. 30, pp. 1078-1092.","DOI":"10.1287\/mnsc.30.9.1078"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bi, G.\n               , \n                  Ding, J.\n               , \n                  Luo, Y.\n                and \n                  Liang., L\n                (2011), \u201cResource allocation and target setting for parallel production system based on DEA\u201d, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 35, pp. 4270-4280.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apm.2011.02.048"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Charnes, A.\n                and \n                  Cooper, W.W.\n                (1962), \u201cProgramming with linear fractional functionals\u201d, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, No. 9, pp. 181-186.","DOI":"10.1002\/nav.3800090303"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Charnes, A.\n               , \n                  Cooper, W.W.\n                and \n                  Rhodes, E.\n                (1978), \u201cMeasuring the efficiency of decision making units\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 2, pp. 429-444.","DOI":"10.1016\/0377-2217(78)90138-8"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chen, Y.\n                and \n                  Zhu, J.\n                (2004), \u201cMeasuring information technology's indirect impact on firm performance\u201d, Information Technology & Management Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 9-22.","DOI":"10.1023\/B:ITEM.0000008075.43543.97"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cook, D.\n               , \n                  Liang, L.\n                and \n                  Zhu, J.\n                (2010), \u201cPerformance of two-stage network structures by DEA: a review and future perspective\u201d, Omega, Vol. 38, pp. 423-430.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.omega.2009.12.001"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fukuyama, H.\n                and \n                  Mirdehghan, S.M.\n                (2012), \u201cIdentifying the efficiency status in network DEA\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 220, pp. 85-92.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2012.01.024"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fukuyama, H.\n                and \n                  Weber, W.L.\n                (2010), \u201cA slacks-based inefficiency measure for a two-stage system with bad outputs\u201d, Omega, Vol. 38, pp. 398-409.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.omega.2009.10.006"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gholami, K.\n                and \n                  Ghelej Beigi, Z.\n                (2013), \u201cAllocating the fixed resources and setting targets in integer data envelopment analysis\u201d, Journal of Data Envelopment Analysis and Decision Science, Vol. 2013, pp. 1-12.","DOI":"10.5899\/2013\/dea-00030"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Guo, P.\n                and \n                  Tanaka, H.\n                (2001), \u201cFuzzy DEA: a perceptual evaluation method\u201d, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 119, pp. 149-160.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0114(99)00106-2"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hadi-Vencheh, A.\n               , \n                  Foroughi, A.\n                and \n                  Soleimani-damaneh, M.\n                (2008), \u201cA DEA model for resource allocation\u201d, Economic Modelling, Vol. 25, pp. 983-993.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.econmod.2008.01.003"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"He, P.\n                and \n                  Hua, Z.\n                (2008), \u201cCompensation analysis with additive DEA model\u201d, Kybernetes, Vol. 37 Nos 9\/10, pp. 1331-1338.","DOI":"10.1108\/03684920810907625"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hwang, C.L.\n                and \n                  Masud, A.S.M.\n                (1979), Multiple Objective Decision Making\u2013Methods and Applications: A State-of-the-art Survey, Springer, Berlin.","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-642-45511-7"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.H.\n                (2009a), \u201cEfficiency measurement for parallel production systems\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 196, pp. 1107-1112.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2008.04.020"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.H.\n                (2009b), \u201cEfficiency decomposition in network data envelopment analysis: a relational model\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 192, pp. 949-962.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2007.10.008"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Hwang, S.H.\n                (2011), \u201cDecomposition of technical and scale efficiencies in two-stage production systems\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 211, pp. 515-519.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2011.01.010"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Hwang, S.N.\n                (2008), \u201cEfficiency decomposition in two-stage data envelopment analysis: an application to non-life insurance companies in Taiwan\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 185, pp. 418-429.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2006.11.041"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Lin, P.\n                (2012), \u201cEfficiency of parallel production systems with fuzzy data\u201d, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 198, pp. 83-98.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fss.2012.01.004"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Liu, S.T.\n                (2000a), \u201cFuzzy efficiency measures in data envelopment analysis\u201d, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 113, pp. 427-437.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0114(98)00137-7"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Liu, S.T.\n                (2000b), \u201cData envelopment analysis with missing data: an application to university libraries in Taiwan\u201d, Journal of the Operational Research Society, No. 51, pp. 897-905.","DOI":"10.1057\/palgrave.jors.2600056"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Liu, S.T.\n                (2003), \u201cA mathematical programming approach to fuzzy efficiency ranking\u201d, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 86, pp. 45-154.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0925-5273(03)00026-4"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kao, C.\n                and \n                  Liu, S.T.\n                (2005), \u201cData envelopment analysis with imprecise data: an application of Taiwan machinery firms\u201d, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 2 No. 13, pp. 225-240.","DOI":"10.1142\/S0218488505003412"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Korhonen, P.\n                and \n                  Syrjtanen, M.\n                (2004), \u201cResource allocation based on efficiency analysis\u201d, Management Science, Vol. 50 No. 8, pp. 1134-1144.","DOI":"10.1287\/mnsc.1040.0244"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Le\u00f3n, T.\n               , \n                  Liern, V.\n               , \n                  Ruiz, J.L.\n                and \n                  Sirvent, I.\n                (2003), \u201cA fuzzy mathematical programming approach to the assessment of efficiency with DEA models\u201d, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 139, pp. 407-419.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0114(02)00608-5"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lewis, H.F.\n                and \n                  Sexton, T.R.\n                (2004), \u201cNetwork DEA: efficiency analysis of organizations with complex internal structure\u201d, Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 31, pp. 1365-1410.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0305-0548(03)00095-9"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Li, H.\n               , \n                  Yang, Y.\n               , \n                  Zhou, Z.\n                and \n                  Huang, C.\n                (2013), \u201cResource allocation models\u2019 construction for the reduction of undesirable outputs based on DEA methods\u201d, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 58 No. 5, pp. 913-926.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mcm.2012.10.026"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Liang, L.\n               , \n                  Yang, F.\n               , \n                  Cook, W.D.\n                and \n                  Zhu, J.\n                (2006), \u201cDEA models for supply chain efficiency evaluation\u201d, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 1 No. 145, pp. 35-49.","DOI":"10.1007\/s10479-006-0026-7"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lozano, S.\n                and \n                  Villa, G.\n                (2007), \u201cMultiobjective target setting in data envelopment analysis using AHP\u201d, Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 36, pp. 549-564.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cor.2007.10.015"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Saati Mohtadi, S.\n               , \n                  Memariani, S.A.\n                and \n                  Jahanshahloo, G.R.\n                (2002), \u201cEfficiency analysis and ranking of DMUs with fuzzy data\u201d, Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, Vol. 1, pp. 255-267.","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1019648512614"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b31","unstructured":"Steuer, R.E.\n                (1986), Multiple Criteria Optimization: Theory, Computation, and Application, Wiley, New York, NY."},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Tone, K.\n                and \n                  Tsutsui, M.\n                (2009), \u201cNetwork DEA: a slacks-based measure approach\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 197, pp. 243-252.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2008.05.027"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wang, Y.M.\n               , \n                  Luo, Y.\n                and \n                  Liang, L.\n                (2009), \u201cFuzzy data envelopment analysis based upon fuzzy arithmetic with an application to performance assessment of manufacturing enterprises\u201d, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 3 No. 36, pp. 5205-5211.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2008.06.102"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, D.\n                and \n                  Wu, D.D.\n                (2010), \u201cPerformance evaluation and risk analysis of online banking service\u201d, Kybernetes, Vol. 39, pp. 723-734.","DOI":"10.1108\/03684921011043215"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, H.\n               , \n                  Du, S.\n               , \n                  Liang, L.\n                and \n                  Zhou, Y.\n                (2013), \u201cA DEA-based approach for fair reduction and reallocation of emission permits\u201d, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 58, pp. 1095-1101.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mcm.2012.03.008"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, J.\n               , \n                  An, Q.\n               , \n                  Ali, S.\n                and \n                  Liang, L.\n                (2013), \u201cDEA based resource allocation considering environmental factors\u201d, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 58, pp. 1128-1137.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mcm.2011.11.030"},{"key":"key2020123022343730400_b37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Yan, H.\n               , \n                  Wei, Q.\n                and \n                  Hao, G.\n                (2002), \u201cDEA models for resource reallocation and production input\/output estimation\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 136, pp. 19-31.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0377-2217(01)00046-7"}],"container-title":["Kybernetes"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/K-02-2013-0016","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/K-02-2013-0016\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/K-02-2013-0016\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T21:46:42Z","timestamp":1753393602000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/k\/article\/43\/7\/1079-1097\/264833"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]]},"references-count":37,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/K-02-2013-0016"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/k-02-2013-0016","relation":{},"ISSN":["0368-492X"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0368-492X"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,29]]}}}