Results 251 to 260 of about 97,812 (355)

Inefficiency, heterogeneity and spillover effects in maternal care in India: a spatial stochastic frontier analysis. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2015
Kinfu Y, Sawhney M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Global Co2 Efficiency: Country-Wise Estimates Using a Stochastic Cost Frontier

, 2012
Rajeev K. Goel, Risto Herrala
openalex   +1 more source

Energy Efficiency in Swedish Industry A Stochastic Frontier Approach

, 2014
Tommy Lundgren, Per-Olov Marklund, Shanshan Zhang   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

An assessment of the efficiency of operational risk management in Taiwan’s banking industry: an application of the stochastic frontier approach [PDF]

, 2015
Hsiang‐Hsi Liu, Mauricio Cortes
openalex   +1 more source

Multiobjective Optimization of Hydrogen‐Assisted Calophyllum inophyllum Biodiesel Operation in a Compression Ignition Engine

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Tri‐fuel diesel–Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel–hydrogen operation was tested over 96 points in a diesel engine. Eight performance and emission metrics feed a preference‐agnostic Bootstrapped Empirical Multiobjective Ranking and Selection methodology, revealing load‐blend‐hydrogen windows that increase efficiency, restrain smoke, and expose NOx trade ...
C. Naga Kumar, Nageswara Rao Dayadi, J. M. Babu, Srinivasa Reddy Yarram, Ravikiran Chintalapudi, Bridjesh Pappula   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical efficiency of teaching hospitals in Iran: the use of Stochastic Frontier Analysis, 1999-2011. [PDF]

Int J Health Policy Manag, 2014
Goudarzi R, Pourreza A, Shokoohi M, Askari R, Mahdavi M, Moghri J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Daily Residential Natural Gas Demand Forecasting Using Machine Learning Regression: Comparative Evaluation With a Case Study in Qazvin Province, Iran

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This graphical abstract summarizes the proposed framework for improving short‐term residential natural gas consumption forecasting by integrating a novel socioeconomic indicator, the subscription growth ratio (SGR), with conventional meteorological variables.
Ali Pirzad, Mostafa Khanzadi
wiley   +1 more source

Cost Efficiency of Banking Sector of Bangladesh: Evidence Using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis

, 2018
Hashibul Hassan, Mahmudul Hassan
openalex   +1 more source

Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces

InfoMat, EarlyView.
A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency and economic performance of honey producers in southwest Nigeria: a comprehensive empirical analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ijigbade JO, Toluwase SOW, Agbede TM, Adetarami O, Ilemobayo OO, Imoru A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source