Technical efficiency-based selection of learning cases to improve forecasting accuracy of neural networks under monotonicity assumption

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-136

  Pendharkar, Parag C ^a   Rodger, James A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectionist models artificial neural networks; Data envelopment analysis; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0037911566     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(02)00138-0     Document Type: Article

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