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Jose Luis Zofio, Juan Aparicio, Javier Barbero, & Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (2023). The influence of bottlenecks on innovation systems performance: Put the slowest climber first. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 193, 122607.

Jose Luis Zofio (Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus University, Rotterdam), Juan Aparicio (Centro de Investigación Operativa, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche), Javier Barbero (Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, San Sebastián
;South Eastern University Norway, Kongsberg; […]

Raul Moragues, Juan Aparicio, & Miriam Esteve (2023). Measuring technical efficiency for multi-input multi-output production processes through OneClass Support Vector Machines: a finite-sample study. Operational Research, 23, 47.

Raúl Moragues (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; PhD Program in Economics (DEcIDE), Elche, Spain), 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:
We introduce a new method […]

Raul Moragues, Juan Aparicio, & Miriam Esteve (2023). Ranking the Importance of Variables in a Nonparametric Frontier Analysis Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques. Mathematics, 11, 2590.

Raúl Moragues (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; Ph.D. Program in Economics (DEcIDE), Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; Joint Research Unit, Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence (valgrAI) and Miriam Steve (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University […]

Juan Aparicio, & José L. Zofío (2023). Decomposing profit change: Konüs, Bennet and Luenberger indicators. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 87, 101573.

Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; valgrAI – Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence) and José L. Zofío (Department of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University)
Abstract:
We introduce complementary decompositions of profit change that, relying on the duality between the profit function […]

Juan Aparicio, Magdalena Kapelko, & Lidia Ortiz (2023). Enhancing the measurement of firm inefficiency accounting for corporate social responsibility: A dynamic data envelopment analysis fuzzy approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 306, 986-997.

Juan Aparicio (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche), Magdalena Kapelko (Department of Logistics, Wrocław University of Economics and Business, ul. Komandorska) and Lidia Ortiz (Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche)
Abstract:
This paper contributes to research on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) field and the inefficiency measurement of firms by proposing […]

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 […]