Dea Software Tools and Technology

Today’s DEA practitioners and researchers have a wide range of solution technology choices. Clearly, software is no longer an impediment to the incorporation of DEA into decision-support systems and benchmarking processes. This is evidenced by the availability of interoperable tools with a variety of user interfaces, advanced modeling options, and the power to evaluate large-scale data sets on inexpensive computing platforms. This survey describes and critiques prominent DEA software packages, both commercial and non-commercial, and summarizes the current state of the art.