Overview
- Offers a thorough introduction to efficiency modeling in agriculture
- Incorporates both Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA)
- Provides a lucid, non-specialist’s approach to sophisticated modeling for agricultural efficiency
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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FARM EFFICIENCY APPPLICATIOINS
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“The papers published in this text are organized in chapters. There are 13 research/applications and expository papers in this edited volume. It is anticipated that this collection will be useful for researchers working in the agriculture efficiency analysis and related fields. … this text proves to be an appropriate and timely contribution to a wider host community working in an agriculture sector.” (Technometrics, Vol. 56 (3), August, 2014)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector
Book Subtitle: With Applications
Editors: Armando B. Mendes, Emiliana L. D. G. Soares da Silva, Jorge M Azevedo Santos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5739-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5738-7Published: 17 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8219-7Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5739-4Published: 18 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 200
Topics: Math. Appl. in Environmental Science, Agricultural Economics, Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance, Optimization