On the approximation of production functions: A comparison of artificial neural networks frontiers and efficiency techniques

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 597-600

  Santin, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SMOOTHING; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 47349124315     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600721973     Document Type: Article

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