Performance of Education and Research in Latin American Countries through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Torres-Samuel, Maritza; Vásquez, Carmen; Luna, Marisabel; Bucci, Nunziatina; Viloria, Amelec; Crissien, Tito J.; Manosalva, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.079

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“…Furthermore, the advantages of the DEA method are as follows: (i) it is not necessary to explicitly specify a mathematical form for the production function; (ii) it is capable of handling multiple inputs and outputs; (iii) it is capable of being used with any input-output measurement, although ordinal variables remain tricky; (iv) the sources of inefficiency can be analyzed and quantified for every evaluated unit; (v) using the dual optimization problem, it can identify which DMUs are evaluating itself against which other DMUs [18]. Remarkably, many pieces of literature discussed the DEA application in education [19][20][21][22].…”

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Estimating the Artificial Intelligence Learning Efficiency for Civil Engineer Education: A Case Study in Taiwan

Chiang¹

2021

Sustainability

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The civil engineering educators focused on implementing interdisciplinary learning in artificial intelligence (AI) based on a more innovative application of construction requirements. However, only a few pieces of literature discussed the educational learning efficiency and feedback for this trend. Hence, this study surveyed the 237 data from eight universities that issued the interdisciplinary courses. The factors were modified from the scales in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Further, the descriptive analysis was used to explain this situation in Taiwan. A novel approach based on data envelopment analysis and Mahalanobis distance approaches was proposed to solve this problem. The advantages of the proposed approach were discussed and compared with traditional method. Based on the student gains in the interdisciplinary courses, three groups were clustered and compared. The feedback of a high-input and low-efficiency student group was suggested for improving learning strategies. The sensitivity analysis of this special group showed that effective teaching practice is the key factor in the artificial intelligence courses for civil engineering students. These students may increase technical efficiency by 37% by paying 21% inputs. Therefore, this paper provided a useful and easy approach to make learning strategies for non-informatics students in AI learning.

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Estimating the Artificial Intelligence Learning Efficiency for Civil Engineer Education: A Case Study in Taiwan

Chiang¹

2021

Sustainability

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“…En parte, esta diferencia se explica en función del apoyo económico que los gobiernos de los países destinan a la promoción de la investigación. En este contexto, México no ha podido tener destinado aún el 1% del PIB para el desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología (Torres-Samuel et al, 2020). Ante estas condiciones, los científicos mexicanos hacen lo que se puede, en el entendido de que muchos de los fenómenos que se pudieran estudiar, carecen de conocimiento local suficiente.…”

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Psicología basada en la evidencia en tiempos del covid en México

Gutiérrez

2021

Psicología Iberoamericana

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“…Since then, DEA models with different characteristics and functions, such as the cross-efficiency model [16], confidence interval model [17], cone scale model [18], and super-efficiency model [19], have been proposed. In terms of application, DEA and its improved forms have been widely used in efficiency research in various fields, including transport system [20], education system [21], construction field [22], tourism industry [23], environmental protection field [24], and hospital system [25].…”

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Operation Efficiency Evaluation of the China-Europe Freight Train Based on Grey Cross-Efficiency DEA

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The China-Europe Freight Train (CEFT) serves as an important carrier and platform for international economic cooperation and international trade circulation between China and Europe. Since it worked, its actual operation and development have been affected by many factors, but the level of its actual operating efficiency and the main affecting factors of CEFT have been difficult to find, which has severely limited its sustainable development. Therefore, this paper scientifically selected the operation efficiency evaluation indicator system of CEFT and combined grey system theory, cross-efficiency method, and DEA to construct a new DEA evaluation model based on grey cross-efficiency, which can not only overcome the problem of ignoring the relative importance ratings of the evaluation indicator in the general DEA evaluation model and the traditional cross-efficiency DEA evaluation model but also more accurately evaluate the actual operation efficiency of CEFT. At the same time, based on the actual operating data of CEFT from 2011 to 2018 and the above new evaluation models, the CEFT’s operation efficiency was evaluated and tested by examples, showing that on the one hand, the grey cross-efficiency DEA evaluation model can more accurately evaluate the actual operation efficiency of CEFT than other traditional evaluation models; on the other hand, it is found that the “overseas cities,” “operating lines,” and “entry-exit nodes” are currently the main factors that limit the actual operation efficiency of CEFT and indicating improvement direction for the future efficient and sustainable development of CEFT.

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Performance of Education and Research in Latin American Countries through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Estimating the Artificial Intelligence Learning Efficiency for Civil Engineer Education: A Case Study in Taiwan

Estimating the Artificial Intelligence Learning Efficiency for Civil Engineer Education: A Case Study in Taiwan

Psicología basada en la evidencia en tiempos del covid en México

Operation Efficiency Evaluation of the China-Europe Freight Train Based on Grey Cross-Efficiency DEA

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