Prof. Wade D. Cook

Schulich School of Business

York University, Canada

Professor for Management Science

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1972 Ph.D., Operations Research, Dalhousie University, Canada

1969 M.Sc., Mathematics and Operations Research, Queen's University, Canada

1968 B.Sc., Mathematics, Mount Allison University, Canada

Publications (Selected)

1. Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto, Estefanía Caridad Avilés-Sacoto, Wade D. Cook, David Güemes-Castorena (2024), Measuring efficiency in tourism: A problem of shared factors and multiple attributes in DEA, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 98, 2025, 102117, ISSN 0038-0121
2. M Ghiyasi, WD Cook (2024), Semi-Additive Integer-Valued Production Technology for Analyzing Public Hospitals in Mashhad,  Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 2450004
3. Avilés-Sacoto, S. V., Avilés-Sacoto, E. C., Cook, W. D., & Güemes-Castorena, D. (2021). Modelling efficiency in the presence of shared inputs within groups of DMUs. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(9), 1961–1977
4. Khezrimotlagh, D., Cook, W.D. & Zhu, J. (2021), Number of performance measures versus number of decision making units in DEA. Ann Oper Res 303, 529–562
5. Ghiyasi, M., & Cook, W. D. (2020). Classifying dual role variables in DEA: The case of VRS. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 72(5), 1183–1190
6. Li, W., Cook, W. D., Li, Z., & Zhu, J. (2020). Efficiency measurement for hierarchical situations. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 72(3), 654–662
7. Avilés-Sacoto, S. V., Cook, W. D., Güemes-Castorena, D., & Zhu, J. (2019). Measuring efficiency in DEA in the presence of common inputs. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 71(11), 1710–1722
8. Cook, W. D., Li, W., Li, Z., Liang, L., & Zhu, J. (2019). Efficiency measurement with products and partially desirable co-products. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 71(2), 335–345
9. Avilés-Sacoto, S.V., Cook, W.D., Güemes-Castorena, D., Zhu, J. (2020). Evaluating Efficiency in Nonhomogeneous Environments. In: Aparicio, J., Lovell, C., Pastor, J., Zhu, J. (eds) Advances in Efficiency and Productivity II. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 287. Springer, Cham
10. Chen, Y., Cook, W.D. & Lim, S.  (2019), Preface: DEA and its applications in operations and data analytics. Ann Oper Res 278, 1–4
11. Wade D. Cook, Nuria Ramón, José L. Ruiz, Inmaculada Sirvent, Joe Zhu (2019), DEA-based benchmarking for performance evaluation in pay-for-performance incentive plans, Omega, Volume 84, Pages 45-54, ISSN 0305-0483
12. Gong, Y., Zhu, J., Chen, Y. et al.  (2018), DEA as a tool for auditing: application to Chinese manufacturing industry with parallel network structures. Ann Oper Res 263, 247–269
13. Haitao Li, Chialin Chen, Wade D. Cook, Jinlong Zhang, Joe Zhu (2018), Two-stage network DEA: Who is the leader? Omega, Volume 74, Pages 15-19, ISSN 0305-0483
14. Wanghong Li, Zhepeng Li, Liang Liang, Wade D. Cook (2017), Evaluation of ecological systems and the recycling of undesirable outputs: An efficiency study of regions in China, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 60, Pages 77-86, ISSN 0038-0121
15. Cook, W.D., Du, J. & Zhu, J.  (2017), Units invariant DEA when weight restrictions are present: ecological performance of US electricity industry. Ann Oper Res 255, 323–346
16. Chen, Y., Cook, W.D., Du, J. et al. (2017), Bounded and discrete data and Likert scales in data envelopment analysis: application to regional energy efficiency in China. Ann Oper Res 255, 347–366
17. Avilés-Sacoto, S. V., Cook, W. D., Güemes-Castorena, D., & Villarreal-González, A. (2016). Setting goals for economic activities in Mexico. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 55(3), 161–187
18. Wang Hong Li, Liang Liang, Wade D. Cook (2017), Measuring efficiency with products, by-products and parent-offspring relations: A conditional two-stage DEA model, Omega, Volume 68, 2017, Pages 95-104, ISSN 0305-0483
19. Li, W.H., Liang, L., Avilés-Sacoto, S.V. et al.  (2017), Modeling efficiency in the presence of multiple partial input to output processes. Ann Oper Res 250, 235–248
20. Wade D. Cook, José L. Ruiz, Inmaculada Sirvent, Joe Zhu (2017), Within-group common benchmarking using DEA, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 256, Issue 3, Pages 901-910, ISSN 0377-2217

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