Directional distances and their robust versions: Computational and testing issues

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 358-369

  Daraio, Cinzia ^a   Simar, Léopold ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Conditional efficiency measures; Directional distances; Free Disposal Hull (FDH); Nonparametric frontiers; Significance test

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOOTSTRAP; CONDITIONAL EFFICIENCY MEASURES; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCES; FREE DISPOSAL HULLS; NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER; SIGNIFICANCE TEST;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84898775336     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.01.064     Document Type: Article

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