Abstract
Dau Envelopinent Analysis is a technique for comparing efficiencies of 2roductive units based on their respective input and output data. The method is known as an efficient frontier technique and was developed originally by Chanies, Cooper, and Rhodes. This paper shows how the technique may be useful in an entirely different context - namely that of case or example based expert systems. In this latter area, it is desired to make decisions, such as acceptance or rejection of credit risks, based on examples which have previously been decided by an expert. This paper shows how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) may be used to develop an acceptance boundaty for use ui case based expert systems. Acceptability of cases is identified with cases which lie on or above the efficient frontier in the DEA sense. The method requires convexity of the acceptable set to hold as its major condition. The method also assumes that the accepted cases are accurately classified by the expert with respect to Type II errors.
Recommended Citation
Troutt, Marvin and Rai, Arun, "Use of Data Development Analysis for Certain Case Based Expert System Applications" (1994). ICIS 1994 Proceedings. 73.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1994/73