This monograph intends to be a handbook or guide regarding efficiency analysis tools, for those interested in either reading –and properly understanding- specialised papers on the topic, or in carrying out efficiency analysis studies. In points 3 to 6 the more usual efficiency measures in the...

Рассмотрена усовершенствованная версия метода сравнения эффективности алгоритмов управления с учётом точности данных и реализации решений. Метод выбора...

A measurement error model is a regression model with (substantial) measurement errors in the variables. Disregarding these measurement errors in estimating the regression parameters results in asymptotically biased estimators. Several methods have been proposed to eliminate, or at least to...

Many control solutions are currently available for controlling energy system operations. Newly developed solutions for established systems are assumed to demonstrate improvement over previous solutions especially in cost savings. We have found this to be true in the area of HVAC (heating,...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...