Hi Utkarsh,

The free version is available to the public here:

http://www.deafrontier.net/free_dea/index.html

If you're after the full version you may have to contact the authors about your loss ( [email protected]):

Anyway, have you tried EMS (http://www.holger-scheel.de/ems/)? Does the basics brilliantly and it's free for non-commercial use.

Kind regards,

Nuno

There are several packages in R project (http://www.r-project.org/): (1) http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Benchmarking/Benchmarking.pdf ; (2) http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/nonparaeff/nonparaeff.pdf ; (3) http://professorjf.webs.com/DEA%202013.pdf

All packages are free, there are several books on using DEA in R, and you have maximum flexibility in choosing model and handling the dataset.

DEA efficiency estimates are know to be sensitive to sampling bias. This is one of the main criticisms of the DEA approach efficiency analysis. Bootstrapping has been recommended as a way of eliminating this sampling bias. There is an R package called FEAR which implements the bootstrapping procedure and corrects for sampling bias. You can get a free licence from Paul Wilson for academic purposes. There is a fee for other purposes. I would recommend this software package highly to anyone who want to do serious DEA estimation.

Thanks Luke ... I have FEAR but do not know how to use it. Can u tell me some guide where I can learn to use the commands and syntax

Every R package is accompanied with a help manual in PDF form where the commands are explained. You don't have to do any coding as such. Only thing is to be taken care is that you input your data as required by the program. R supports data from many platforms like excel, stata,matlab etc. And there is online help available as well. Just do a google search for the command you need explanation ( This worked for me always!)

As far as I remember, all DEA functions calls in FEAR basically are the same as in Benchmarking package. And Benchmarking package is described in "Benchmark and frontier analysis using DEA and SFA" by Bogetoft, Otto.

FEAR is simple and easy to use once you get used to it. Manual and user guide will guide you through the FEAR package. These can be downloaded from the link given below. Just go through the sample codes and tweak them for your purpose.

http://www.clemson.edu/economics/faculty/wilson/Software/FEAR/fear-download.html

Please see the following links:

http://www.deafrontier.net/frontierfree.html

You can download the free version.

You might interested to see this freeware: DEAP 2.1

http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/deap.php

nonpraeff or FEAR packages (freely downloadable) could of course provide a meaningful answer to your question. But what I think is that, at the outset, you need to have some basic knowledge to work under r-environment.

Hi; please follow this link http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/deap.php

you'll find at least four or five softwares

In addition to MAXDEA mintioned by Mr Kotsemir, ·there are some commercial software such as DEA Solver Pro, Frontier Analyst, OnFront, Warwick DEA, DEAOS, DEA and also some non-commercial software such as DEA ExcelSolver 1.0, DEAP, EMS and Pioneer and "Open Source DEA Project" provided free Analysis.

Free version as well as purchasable:

http://www.deafrontier.net/software.html

Open source:

http://www.opensourcedea.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_DEA

Free demonstration version

http://www.banxia.com/frontier/

Hi ,

I have tried to download OpenSourceDEA and MAX but having no luck, none of them seems to be working. Is there any other DEA software that could easily be download that also plot the frontier.

I would be grateful if anyone could assist me.

Hi,

If you are familiar in using R, I recommend you to have a look at the library Benchmarking (available at the CRAN repository) which also has different ploting options.

For extra information you can go to the book (you'll need to purchase it): Bogetoft and Otto; Benchmarking with DEA, SFA, and R; Springer 2011

I hope this helps you

This is very helpful, thank you for providing me with the requested information, I will try those.

http://www.deafrontier.net/deafree.html

the above address you can download

Please Kindly dowload  DEAP http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/frontier.php and follow the rules.

This is the best one, because is not a free software with a limited number of colluns or variables.

 Did anyone buy/use DEA software from MaxDea (http://www.dearesearch.com/)? I would sincerely appreciate your views on the pros and cons of this software?

If DEA model is small, you can use my DEA models.

I published DEA from Amazon kindle version.

See my anouncement of DEA on RG.

I open my DEA code in the book.

Unlimited users are free.

The Price is $9.99.

I upload DEA code with CCR and Inverted DEA models and cross efficient frontier. See new DEAwithCrossEfficient ODF.

I think R works well, you can find an example here: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_anyone_guide_me_through_the_rDEA_package