This paper presents an application of data envelopment analysis for analysing the performance of a number of spanish municipalities in terms of the amount of glass recycled. The inputs considered are the number of glass containers assigned to each municipality on one hand and the population and...

In the location of ambulance bases for medical assistance, an adequate time of response must be guaranteed for each area in the region covered, incurring the minimum operating costs. Several linear models (such as the maximal covering location problem, MCLP) have been developed for designing...

In this paper, a generalization of the linear production model is considered on the basis of a DEA-inspired technology in which the maximization of the production levels is formulated as a multi-objective linear programming problem. When multiple decision-makers cooperate by pooling their...