Search Results - subject:"Cost function"

The Cost of Food Safety Technologies in the Meat and Poultry Industries.

Ollinger, Michael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Economic Research Service in a translog cost function to examine the costs of effort devoted to the performance of sanitation …

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Analyzing Industrial Water Demand in India: An Input Distance Function Approach

Kumar, Surender - eSocialSciences - 2009

and approximates it by a translog form. Duality between cost function and input distance function is exploited to retrieve …

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Costs and Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in England: A DEA Analysis

Thanassoulis, E; Kortelainen, M; Johnes, G; Johnes, J - Department of Economics, Management School - 2009

As student numbers in the UK's higher education sector have expanded substantially during the last 15 years, it has become increasingly important for government to understand the structure of costs in higher education, thus allowing it to evaluate the potential for expansion and associated cost...

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ОПТИМАЛЬНЫЕ ИЕРАРХИИ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ДЛЯ ФУНКЦИЙ ЗАТРАТ, ПРЕДСТАВИМЫХ В ВИДЕ СУММЫ ОДНОРОДНЫХ ФУНКЦИЙ

ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ, ГУБКО МИХАИЛ - In: Проблемы управления (2009) 3, pp. 44-53

Задача формирования рациональной организационной структуры рассмотрена как задача дискретной оптимизации поиска иерархии управления, минимизирующей...

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Track wear-and-tear cost by traffic class: Functional form, zero output levels and marginal cost pricing recovery on the French rail network

Gaudry, Marc; Quinet, Emile - HAL - 2009

We address the issue of the allocation of railway track maintenance (wear-and-tear) costs to traffic output classes and consider a very general function relating maintenance cost C to a set of technical production characteristics K used to produce traffic output vector T. We neglect other rail...

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On the Economic Order Quantity Model With Transportation Costs

Birbil, Birbil, S.I.; Bulbul, K.; Frenk, Frenk, J.B.G.; … - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 2009

We consider an economic order quantity type model with unit out-of-pocket holding costs, unit opportunity costs of holding, fixed ordering costs and general transportation costs. For these models, we analyze the associated optimization problem and derive an easy procedure for determining a...

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Economic analysis of water supply cost structure in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa

Tsegai, Daniel W.; Linz, Teresa; Kloos, Julia - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2009

tariffs of Water Service Authorities (WSAs) in the Middle Olifants sub-basin of South Africa. Using the translog cost function …

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The Econometric Specification of Input Demand Systems Implied by Cost Function Representations

McLaren, Keith R.; Zhao, Xueyan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2009

In the case of input demand systems based on specification of technology by a Translog cost function, it is common to … estimate either a system of share equations alone, or to supplement them by the cost function. By adding up, one of the share … n-1 share equations are supplemented by the cost function the implied error structure is inadmissible. Similarly, if the …

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On the Economic Order Quantity Model With Transportation Costs

Birbil, S.I.; Bulbul, K.; Frenk, J.B.G.; Mulder, H.M. - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute - 2009

optimal lot size and the corresponding optimal order-up-to-level. Keywords: EOQ-type model; transportation cost function …

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Impact of local public goods on agricultural productivity growth in the U.S.

Sun, Ling; Ball, V. Eldon; Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

estimate a dual cost function using a state-by-year panel data set. We construct the potential R&D “spillins” based on both …

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