DEA software: MaxDEA

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Welcome to MaxDEA

MaxDEA Basic

Powerful Free DEA software

MaxDEA Pro

Most powerful and professional DEA software

Resources for MaxDEA users

² Free

² Easy to use

² No limitation on the number of DMUs

² Powerful (Much more than CCR and BCC models)

· Distance: Radial, non-radial(SBM), directional distance function, cost, revenue and profit models

· Orientation: input-, output-, non-, and generalized orientation

· Returns to scale: CRS, VRS, NIRS, NDRS and GRS

² All features of MaxDEA Basic

² More powerful and professional

· Most comprehensive DEA models and all their possible combinations. Models available in MaxDEA…

· DEA linear programming can be exported to text files with 3 formats: matrix format (*.txt), lp format (*.lp) and mps format (*.mps).

² Both fixed and portable licences (USB key) are available

Comparison of MaxDEA Basic and MaxDEA Pro

FAQ (Frequently asked questions)

Experience from MaxDEA users

What’s new

Buy MaxDEA Pro 5.2 now, and you can update MaxDEA Pro to 6.0 and 6.x free.

MaxDEA 6.0 (Beta)

l Bootstrap for DEA and Malmquist models

l More methods to compute TFP change (Malmquist index)

Ø Adjacent

Ø Fixed

Ø Global

Ø Sequential-Malmquist (new, Tulkens & Vanden 1995; Shestalova 2003)

Ø Window-Malmquist (new, combining Window model and Malmquist model)

l More types of distance:

Ø Radial

Ø SBM

Ø Hybrid

Ø Minimal distance to weak frontier (new)

Ø Minimal distance to SBM frontier (new)

Ø EBM Model (new, Tone & Tsutsui, 2010)

Ø Direction Vector Scanning Model (new)

l More types of intermediate in Network model

Ø Free

Ø Fixed

Ø Non-increasing (new)

Ø Non-decreasing (new)

l Period weights in Dynamic Model (Tone & Tsutsui 2010)

l Parallel Network Model (Kao 2009)

l Context-dependent Model (Zhu 2009 [Book])

l Scale Elasticity (Degree of Scale Economy, Cooper et al 2007 [Book])

l RDM (Portelal et al 2004)

l Modified SBM (Sharp et al 2007)

l Restricted Projection

l Geometric-Mean or Arithmetic-Mean added in Results of Malmquist Models

l Combinations of Cluster model (4 types) and Malmquist model (4 types) available

MaxDEA 5.2

l Two methods available to compute productivity changes in Malmquist model

1) Multiplicative method and Geometric-Mean;

2) Additive method and Arithmetic-Mean (Newly added).

MaxDEA 5.1

l Support indicators (inputs and outputs) with negative values

MaxDEA 5.0

l Completely support for Directional Distance Function Model. MaxDEA 5.0 provides a unified method to compute the efficiency score for directional distance function Model. Directional distance function model is a generalized form of radial model.

l Three types of reference for Malmquist Model: Adjacent, Fixed and Global. Both the new types of Malmquist indices (Fixed and Global) are circular. And the Global Malmquist model doesn’t suffer from the infeasibility problem. MetaFrontier Malmquist can be calculated.

l Dual Solution and Sensitivity Analysis, including Dual prices and their Sensitivity Analysis for envelopment models, benchmarks with values of lambda and projections for multiplier models, and Sensitivity Analysis of Objective function.

l Interface improved. Cost/Revenue/Profit and FDH models are moved from advanced models to basic models. The number of the combinations of basic models is over 200.

MaxDEA Update History ……

DEA Literature

² DEA Literature included in SCI & SSCI

Number：5076

Source：Web of Science

Format：Endnote

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Update：Mar, 2012