A Generalized Maximum Entropy Stochastic Frontier Measuring Productivity Accounting for Spatial Dependency

Comparative Analysis of Stochastic Frontier Partially non-parametric and Stochastic Frontier Parametric Methods Case Study: Measuring Cost Efficiency in Wheat Production in Iran

Determination of Technical Efficiency of Intensive Care Units in Hospitals Afilliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences by Stochastic Frontier Analysis in 2008

Background & Aims: Hospitals are the most important centers that provide health services in the country. They have to use scientific and efficient management at all levels for promoting health. Intensive care units (ICU) are one of the most sensitive parts of the hospitals; therefore, paying attention to its efficiency is of particular importance. The purpose of this paper was to estimate the t...

Total Factor Productivity Growth, Technical Change and Technical Efficiency Change in Asian Economies: Decomposition Analysis

The aim of this paper is to analyze total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components in Asian countries applying Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to the time series data of 44 Asian countries from 2000 to 2010. Using Battese and Coelli approach, TFP is divided into technical efficiency change and technical change. TFP decomposition using SFA method for the years 1998 to 2007 indicate...

Stochastic Comparisons of Series and Parallel Systems with Heterogeneous Extended Generalized Exponential Components

In this paper, we discuss the usual stochastic‎, ‎likelihood ratio, ‎dispersive and convex transform order between two parallel systems with independent heterogeneous extended generalized exponential components. ‎We also establish the usual stochastic order between series systems from two independent heterogeneous extended generalized exponential samples. ‎Finally, ‎we f...

Maximum entropy production, carbon assimilation, and the spatial organization of vegetation in river basins.

The spatial organization of functional vegetation types in river basins is a major determinant of their runoff production, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. The optimization of different objective functions has been suggested to control the adaptive behavior of plants and ecosystems, often without a compelling justification. Maximum entropy production (MEP), rooted in thermodynamics princip...