This paper introduces a model for dealing with selecting third-party reverse logistics (3PL) providers in the presence of both dual-role factors and imprecise data. The proposed model is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA). A numerical example demonstrates the application of the proposed...

The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in many fields is based on total flexibility of the weights. However, the problem of allowing total flexibility of the weights is that the values of the weights obtained by solving the unrestricted DEA program are often in contradiction to prior views...