Metric distance function and profit: Some duality results

DOI10.1023/A:1021762809393zbMATH Open0945.90077MaRDI QIDQ1293950FDOQ1293950

Authors: Walter Briec, Jean-Baptiste Lesourd 

Publication date: 29 June 1999

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

dualitytechnical efficiencyprofit functionefficiency measureshortage functionmetric distance functionproduction microeconomics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions and duality in mathematical programming (90C46)

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