A stochastic production frontier model with group-specific temporal variation in technical efficiency

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1616-1630

  Lee, Young Hoon ^a  

^a Hansung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Group specific temporal pattern; Production; Stochastic frontier; Time varying technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

GROUP-SPECIFIC TEMPORAL PATTERNS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIERS; STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION FRONTIER MODEL; TIME-VARYING TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746807346     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.03.044     Document Type: Article

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