The measurement of technical efficiency: A neural network approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 627-635

  Santín, Daniel ^a   Delgado, Francisco J ^b   Valino, Aurelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 2042433669     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000217661     Document Type: Article

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