Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one of non-parametric methods for evaluating efficiency of each unit. Limited resources in healthcare economy is the main reason in measuring efficiency of hospitals. In this study, a bootstrap interval data envelopment analysis (BIRDEA) is proposed for measuring the efficiency of hospitals affiliated with the Hamedan University of Medical Sciences. The propos...

in this paper, the use of weighted pairwise likelihood instead of the full likelihood in estimating the parameters of the multivariate ar(1) is investigated. a closed formula for typical elements of the godambe information(sandwich information) is presented. some efficiency calculations are also given to discuss the feasibility andcomputational advantages of the weighted pairwise likelihood app...

considering the importance of adequate roughness coefficient estimation in river engineering studies, evaluation of image processing technique in estimating manning’s roughness coefficient in the surface layer of riverbeds carried out in this study. the mentioned approach evaluation conducted by implementing of sieving analysis and digital image processing methods simultaneously for a 7.5km rea...

A review is given of parametric estimation methods for discretely sampled multivariate diffusion processes. The main focus is on estimating functions and asymptotic results. Maximum likelihood estimation is briefly considered, but the emphasis is on computationally less demanding martingale estimating functions. Particular attention is given to explicit estimating functions. Results on both fix...