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Maria D. Guillen, Juan Aparicio, & Miriam Esteve (2023). Gradient tree boosting and the estimation of production frontiers. Expert Systems with Applications, 214, 119134.

María D. Guillén (Center of Operations Research. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche) and Miriam Esteve (Center of Operations Research. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche)
Abstract:
In production theory and engineering, a topic of interest is the determination of technical efficiency of firms from the estimation of […]

Juan Aparicio, José L. Zofío, & Jesús T. Pastor (2023). Decomposing Economic Efficiency into Technical and Allocative Components: An Essential Property. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 197, 98-129.

Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; valgrAI – Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence), José L. Zofío (Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University) and Jesús T. Pastor (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche)
Abstract:
We introduce two desirable […]

Maria D. Guillen, Juan Aparicio, & Miriam Esteve (2023). Performance Evaluation of Decision-Making Units Through Boosting Methods in the Context of Free Disposal Hull: Some Exact and Heuristic Algorithms. International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 1-30.

María D. Guillén (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence (valgrAI) and Miriam Esteve (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche)
Abstract:
This paper aims to show how to calculate different efficiency measures […]

Miriam Esteve, Juan Aparicio, Jesus J. Rodriguez-Sala, & Joe Zhu (2023). Random Forests and the measurement of super-efficiency in the context of Free Disposal Hull. European Journal of Operational Research, 304, 729-744.

Miriam Esteve (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Jesús J. Rodríguez-Sala (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche) and Joe Zhu (Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States)
Abstract:
In the technical efficiency evaluation area, it may happen that many […]

Juan Aparicio, & Miriam Esteve (2023). How to peel a data envelopment analysis frontier: A cross-validation-based approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74, 2558-2572.

Juan Aparicio (Miguel Hernández University of Elche; Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence (valgrAI), and Miriam Esteve (Miguel Hernández University of Elche)
Abstract:
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) presents the typical characteristics of a data-driven approach with the specific objective of determining technical efficiency and production frontiers in Engineering and Microeconomics. However, by construction, the […]