Efficiency analysis of agricultural market advisory services: A nonlinear mixed-integer programming approach

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-252

  Cabrini, Silvina M ^a   Stark, Brian G ^a   Önal, Hayri ^a   Irwin, Scott H ^a   Good, Darrel L ^a   Martines Filho, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural market advisory services; Corn; Efficient portfolios; Nonlinear integer programming; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY PROGRAMS; AGRICULTURAL MARKETS; PRICE RISKS;

BENCHMARKING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; RISKS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25144463077     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1040.0043     Document Type: Article

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