In this study, we propose a three-stage weighted sum method for identifying the group ranks of alternatives. In the first stage, a rank matrix, similar to the cross-efficiency matrix, is obtained by computing the individual rank position of each alternative based on importance weights. In the...

Proposing a full ranking method to rank all the homogeneous decision-making units (DMUs) is one of the important issues in data envelopment analysis (DEA) field. It should be noted that one of the main challenges in using traditional ranking approaches to real-world applications is the presence...