Survey / literature review

Survey / literature review:

Review Papers on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Peykani, P., A. Emrouznejad, and Z. Abbasi (2026). Network Data Envelopment Analysis in the Insurance Industry: A Literature Review,  Journal of Productivity Analysis, 65: 43. (doi)
Peykani, P., D. Sabour, and A. Emrouznejad (2026) A Data-Driven Scientific Mapping of Data Envelopment Analysis and Sustainable Productivity in Supply Chains and Logistics, Supply Chain Analytics, (15): 100234. (doi)
Mergoni, A. A. Emrouznejad, and K. De Witte (2025) Fifty years of Data Envelopment Analysis, European Journal of Operational Research, 326 (3): 389-412. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., V. Podinovski, C. Lu, V. Charles, A. Moradi-Motlagh (2025) Rajiv Banker's Lasting Impact on Data Envelopment Analysis, Annals of Operations Research, 351: 1225–1264. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., Ł. Brzezickib, and C. Lu (2026) The Development and Evolution of Slacks-Based Measure Models in Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature, Journal of Economic Surveys, Accepted: 1-20. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., M. Marra, G. L. Yang, M. Michali (2023) Eco-efficiency considering NetZero and Data Envelopment Analysis: A critical literature review, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 34, 599–632. (doi) (Free Download) (Free download from Research Gate).
Emrouznejad, A., G. R. Amin, M. Ghiyasi, M. Michali (2023) A Review of Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis: Origins, Development, and Future Directions, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 34 (3): 421–440. (doi)
Moradi-Motlagh, A., and A. Emrouznejad (2022) The origins and development of statistical approaches in non-parametric frontier models: A survey of the first two decades of scholarly literature (1998-2020). Annals of Operations Research, 318: 713–741. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., G. L. Yang, M. Khoveyni, and M. Michali (2022) Data Envelopment Analysis: Recent Developments and Challenges, In: Salhi, S., Boylan, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., M. Tavana, A. Hatami-Marbini (2014) The State of the Art in Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis”, in Performance Measurement with Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis published in Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 309: 1:48, Springer-Verlag. (doi)
Mahmoudi, R., A. Emrouznejad, S. N. Shetab-Boushehri, S. R. Hejazi (2020) The origins, development and future directions of Data Envelopment Analysis approach in transportation systems, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 69: 100762. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., G. L. Yang (2018) A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978-2016, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 61 (1): 4-8. (doi) (supplement)
Emrouznejad, A. and K. De Witte (2010). COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects. European Journal of Operational Research 207(3): 1573-1586. (doi)
Hatami-Marbini, A., A. Emrouznejad and M. Tavana (2011). A taxonomy and review of the fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis literature: Two decades in the making. European Journal of Operational Research 214(3): 457–472. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and K. De Witte (2010). COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects. Tier Working Paper Series. 05(3): pp. 1-32. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., B. R. Parker and G. Tavares (2008). Evaluation of research in efficiency and productivity: A survey and analysis of the first 30 years of scholarly literature in DEA. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 42(3): 151-157. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., B.R. Parker, G. Tavares (2007). Investigation of research in DEA literature, Aston Business School Research Papers RP0732: pp. 1-33, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E. Thanassoulis (1997). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Volume III: Supplement 1, Working paper 258, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E. Thanassoulis (1996). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Volume II: Journals papers, Working Papers 245, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E Thanassoulis (1996). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Volume I: Working papers. Working Paper 244, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)

Review Papers on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Emrouznejad, A. and M. Marra (2017): The state of the art development of AHP (1979–2017): a literature review with a social network analysis, International Journal of Production Research 55 (22): 6653–6675. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and W. Ho (2017) Analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy set theory”, in Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process, 1:10, Taylor & Francis Group. (doi)

Review Papers on Ordered Weighted Average Operator (OWA)

Emrouznejad, A. and Marianna Marra (2014), Ordered Weighted Averaging Operators 1988–2014: A citation-based literature survey, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 29:994-1014. (doi)

Review Papers on Big Data

Other Review Papers

Mahmoudi, R., S. Saidi, A Emrouznejad (2025) Mathematical Programming in Public Bus Transit Design and Operations: Emerging Technologies and Sustainability – A Review, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 98: 102155: 1-20. (doi)
Charles, V.,  T. Gherman and A. Emrouznejad (2022) The role of composite indices in international economic diplomacy. In: Charles and Emrouznejad (2022). Modern Indices for International Economic Diplomacy, Palgrave Macmillan. (doi)
Gandomi, A.H., A. Emrouznejad, and I. Rahimi (2020) Evolutionary Computation in Scheduling: A Scientometric Analysis. In: Gandomi et al. (2020). Evolutionary Computation in Scheduling, Wiley Publisher. (doi)
Charles, V., A. Emrouznejad and M. P. Johnson (2020) Indices for the Betterment of the Public, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 70: 100767. (doi).