Using the frontier production function and minimax approaches in measuring productive efficiency: Critical remarks

DOI10.1007/BF01539858MaRDI QIDQ1387939zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kuo-Ping Chang

Publication date 8 June 1998

Published in OR Spektrum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01539858

zbMATH Keywords

data envelopment analysisminimax approachefficiency scoresfrontier production functionFarrell method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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• Linear Programming Models for Firm and Industry Performance
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• Strong, weak and Farrell efficient frontiers of technologies satisfying different production assumptions
• On the consistency of aggregate production frontiers

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