A Monte Carlo study of old and new frontier methods for efficiency measurement

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2012.04.026zbMath1253.90010OpenAlexW1986222804MaRDI QIDQ1926923

Jens J. Krüger

Publication date: 29 December 2012

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/4726

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo experimentefficiency measurementnonparametric stochastic methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical mathematical programming methods (65K05) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-08)

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Uses Software

• FEAR
• FRONTIER

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