The purpose of this study was to determine the economic risk efficiency of implementing a boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis [Boheman]) eradication (BWE) program in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) producing regions of the Mississippi Delta. Alternative producer pest management practices and program...

The importance of timeliness is investigated in the selection of machinery complements for double-crop wheat and soybean production in the southeastern coastal plain. An intertemporal stochastic simulation model was developed to generate probability distributions that were evaluated with...

We have developed a dynamic theoretical model to investigate technology complements where the degree of adoption is a function of producers' prior technology levels. Based on this model, we used an empirical application to assess the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) with and without...

A conceptual link among mean-variance (EV), stochastic dominance (SD), and mean-risk (ET), and Gini mean difference (EG) is established for determining risk efficient decision sets. The theoretical relations among the various efficiency criteria are then empirically demonstrated with a soybean...

Expert systems methodology has shown considerable promise as an information technology. However, limited knowledge of how current information technologies relate to the decision process impedes the adoption of expert systems. Thus, a consistent theoretical development of how expert systems...