Search Results - subject:"frontier function"

Analysis of factors affecting technical efficiency of A1 smallholder maize farmers under command agriculture scheme in Zimbabwe : the case of Chegutu and Zvimba Districts

Muzeza, Norman T.; Taruvinga, Amon; Mukarumbwa, Peter - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-19

In an effort to address the decline in maize productivity, the government of Zimbabwe in 2016/17 endorsed a special program for input support named command agriculture scheme (CAS). Against this background, the study questioned the beneficiaries' technical efficiency and factors that influence...

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Analysis of profit efficiency of smallholder beef cattle farms in South-West Nigeria

Jimoh, Suliyat Omolade; Baruwa, Olayinka Isiaka; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-21

The study was carried out to analyze the profit efficiency in beef production in South West, Nigeria. These were with a view to improving beef cattle production to meet its increasing demand and income generated from it for producers. Multistage sampling techniques were used to select...

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The determinant, efficiency, and potential of Indonesian palm oil downstream export to the global market

Tandra, Hansen; Suroso, Arif Imam - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22

This study aims to investigate the determinants, efficiency, and potential of Indonesian palm oil downstream exports to the global market during 2012-2020. The stochastic frontier gravity model (SFGM) has been used to estimate the determinants, efficiency, and potential of palm oil downstream...

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Comparing the efficiency of technology and innovation of the EU and selected countries : the effects of EU framework programs

Manavgat, Gökc̨e; Demi̇rci̇, Ayhan - In: International journal of innovation : IJI journal 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-32

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Time use and the efficiency of heterogeneous markups

Albrecht, Brian C.; Phelan, Thomas M.; Pretnar, Nick - 2023

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Evaluation of the efficiency of microwave heating of soils

Bondarenko, Oksana; Boshkova, Irуna - In: Technology audit and production reserves 4 (2023) 1/72, pp. 40-47

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Cooling efficiency improvement

Chen, Jingliang; Shen, Bo; Liu, Lulu; Yao, Lin; Gao, Yu - 2023

With the improvement of people's living standards all over the world, the demand for cooling (both space cooling and refrigeration) continues to grow. The increase in cooling-related energy consumption has a growing impact on global climate change. The importance of improving the energy...

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Efficiency in university hospitals : a genetic optimized semi-parametric production function

Wanke, Peter; Araújo, Claudia Affonso Silva; Tan, Yong; … - In: Operations research perspectives 10 (2023), pp. 1-12

This paper investigates the social-welfare efficiency drivers of public university hospitals in Brazil by focusing on how the surrounding social welfare conditions may affect their performance. A novel Genetic Envelopment Analysis (GEA) approach is developed here to this end. Subsequently, LASSO...

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Measuring the performance of retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic : embedding optimal control theory principles in a dynamic data envelopment analysis approach

Melo, Isotilia Costa; Alves Junior, P. N.; Callefi, … - In: Operations research perspectives 10 (2023), pp. 1-13

Traditional retailers (bricks-and-mortar) have been continuously increasing online sales. However, not all retail companies were able to respond to the increasing sales with the same efficiency level as their competitors. This paper aims to propose a dynamic model - incorporating principles of...

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An unsupervised learning-based generalization of Data Envelopment Analysis

Moragues, Raul; Aparicio, Juan; Esteve, Miriam - In: Operations research perspectives 11 (2023), pp. 1-14

In this paper, we introduce an unsupervised machine learning method for production frontier estimation. This new approach satisfies fundamental properties of microeconomics, such as convexity and free disposability (shape constraints). The new method generalizes Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...

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