Technical Efficiency in Production and Resource Use in Sugar Cane: A Stochastic Frontier Production Function Analysis [PDF]
Using maximum likelihood estimation techniques, the stochastic production frontier is employed to estimate technical efficiency at the plot level by ownership types of water amongst a cross section of sugar cane growing farmers using primary survey data.
Gauri Khanna
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Crystal Structure Prediction of Inorganic Materials: A Benchmark and Modern Evaluation
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.Predicting a crystal’s structure from composition alone is a long‐standing challenge in materials discovery. The CSP180 benchmark of 180 inorganic crystals evaluates thirteen crystal structure prediction algorithms requiring no density functional theory (DFT) against DFT‐based baselines across twelve metrics.
Lai Wei +9 more
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The Recursive Thick Frontier Approach to Estimating Efficiency [PDF]
The traditional econometric techniques for frontier models, namely the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA), the Thick Frontier Approach (TFA) and the Distribution Free Approach (DFA) have in common that they depend on a priori assumptions that are ...
Schure, Paul, Wagenvoort, Rien
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A scalable distributed observer framework for LiDAR sensor networks is presented for robust tracking and pose estimation of mobile robots. By combining adaptable 3D detection, clustering‐based communication reduction, and intermittent inertial fusion, accurate and efficient estimation is achieved under occlusions and sensing constraints, with formally ...
Isabella Luppi, Ehsan Hashemi
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Privatization, Soft Budget Constraint, and Social Burdens: A Random-Effects Stochastic Frontier Analysis on Chinese Manufacturing Technical Efficiency [PDF]
Traditional panel stochastic frontier studies on privatization of Chinese State-owned firms face a major challenge, namely, the endogeneity problem. The endogeneity problem is present because decision-making process of privatization in China is very ...
Gao, Song
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A Scalable and Resource‐Efficient Pipelined p‐Computer for Probabilistic Ising Machines
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.(a) Block diagram of the portfolio optimization problem: given M assets, the goal is to determine the optimal weights w that maximize the expected return (based on the mean historical assets return u), while minimizing the risk, quantified by the assets covariance matrix S.
Deborah Volpe +9 more
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Cost Efficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models [PDF]
This paper evaluates cost and scale efficiencies of Switzerland’s regulated bus companies operating in regional networks. The adopted methodology can be used in benchmarking analyses applied to incentive regulation systems.
Mehdi Farsi +2 more
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Accelerating Materials Discovery: A Review of Machine Learning in X‐Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This review systematically details how machine learning transforms X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) analysis. It covers advanced deep learning architectures for structure‐spectra mapping and inverse tasks, while discussing key challenges like the simulation‐to‐reality gap.
Melaku Lake Tegegne +5 more
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Scale economies and total factor productivity growth on poultry egg farms in Benin: a stochastic frontier approach. [PDF]
Poult Sci, 2020 Houedjofonon EM +5 more
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The Efficiency Cost of the Kafala in Dubai: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis [PDF]
The Kafala (or sponsorship) system is the key instrument behind the economic development of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and most Middle East economies. The system governs both labor migration and foreign investment by assigning a native-UAE sponsor to
Raimundo Soto, Rosalía Vásquez
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