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Frontier 4.1: a computer program for Stochastic frontier production and cost function estimation

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The Frontier 4.1 is a programming utility designed to make Stochastic frontier production and cost function estimations. This computer program is most useful to researchers who want to measure production and cost frontiers for they are spared from doing substantial programming in Fortran or GAUSS. However, the software has certain limitations such as its inability to estimate a frontier without a constant and the absence of data management facilites.

Author: Drinkwater, Stephen, Harris, Richard
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Economic Journal
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0133
Year: 1999
Programming utilities, Frontier 4.1 (Programming utility)

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Data envelopment analysis and productivity analysis: a review of the options

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Four data envelopment analysis and productivity analysis software are reviewed. These include 1 Consulting's IDEAS Professional version 6.1, Banxia Software's Frontier Analyst Professional, Economic Measurement and Quality's Onfront version 1,0 and University of England's DEAP version 2.1. The four software packages reviewed are all easy to install and provide users with clear and extensive instructions.

Author: Hollingsworth, Bruce
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Economic Journal
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0133
Year: 1999
DBMS software, IDEAS Professional 6 (DBMS), Frontier Analyst Professional, Onfront 1, DEAP 1

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