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Multiple output production with undesirable outputs : an application to nitrogen surplus in agriculture [PDF]
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2002 Many production processes yield both good outputs and undesirable ones (e.g., pollutants). In this article we develop a generalization of a stochastic frontier model that is appropriate for such technologies.
Fernandez, C., Koop, G.M., Steel, M.
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Efficiency study with undesirable inputs and outputs in DEA [PDF]
Journal of Fuzzy Extension and Applications, 2020 Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is one of the well-known methods for calculating efficiency, determining efficient boundaries and evaluating efficiency that is used in specific input and output conditions.
Abbasali Monzeli +4 more
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Study on the eco-economic efficiency of China’s mariculture based on undesirable output
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The marine ecological and environmental problems caused by the mariculture industry have drawn considerable attention. The Slacks-based measure (SBM) model was applied to measure the eco-economic efficiency of China’s mariculture industry from 2011 to ...
Dong Jinli +3 more
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Energies, 2022 The article applies a three-stage Slacks-Based Measure-Data Envelopment Analysis (SBM-DEA) pattern to examine the relationship between energy consumption and unfavorable CO2 emissions on green sustainable development, for the 11 cities of the Guangdong ...
Wengchin Fong, Yao Sun, Yujie Chen
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Measurement of Congestion in the Simultaneous Presence of Desirable and Undesirable Outputs [PDF]
Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2014 The concept of congestion, which is mainly applied in economics, refers to a situation where inputs are overinvested. Many studies have focused on congestion measurement by means of data envelopment analysis (DEA). However, most of the previous investigations only considered the framework of desirable outputs.
Zare-Haghighi, H. +2 more
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Energies, 2022 Road lighting is essential to ensure the safety and comfort of its users, especially in preventing accidents and aiding visual tasks. The monumental shift from conventional road lighting technology to light-emitting diode (LED) lighting is driven by ...
Nina Sakinah Ahmad Rofaie +2 more
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Comparison and Evaluation of Bank Efficiency in Austria and the Czech Republic [PDF]
Journal of Competitiveness, 2014 This article compares and evaluates the efficiency of the banking sector in Austria and the Czech Republic in the period 2004-2011. The paper is divided into the following parts.
Svitalkova Zuzana
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Introduction: During the last decades, environmental pollution has been considered one of the challenges of the agricultural sector, which has affected the relationship between the ecological and economic performance of agricultural products.Methods: In ...
M. Mardani Najafabadi +4 more
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Performance Analysis and Calculation of Marginal Rates in the Presence of Undesirable Input-output Factors and Non-Discretionary Indexes [PDF]
مدیریت صنعتی, 2022 Objective: In many production processes, the efficiency of decision-making units should be investigated in the presence of undesirable inputs and outputs and non-discretionary factors. It is also important for managers to examine the impact of changes on
Morassa Mahboubi +3 more
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Energies, 2021 Global competition and climate change are changing the nature of economic activity and impose the urgent need to have environmentally sensitive productivity growth.
Djula Borozan
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