However, DEA Solver is the most recent and popular software for DEA analysis. DEA analysis remains possible over various software. DEA analysis has emerged as a powerful tool of efficiency and benchmarking-based analyses, as it uses linear programming methodology. Data Development Analysis ( DEA) was developed in 1978, as a benchmarking technique for evaluating the efficiency or performance of a group of entities (Cooper, Seiford, & Tone, 2007).
