Stochastic Non-Parametric Frontier Analysis

Subject Areas : History and biography

M. Rahmani ¹ ( Department of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran )
Gh. Jahanshahloo ² ( Department of Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Iran )

Received: 2013-01-01 Accepted : 2013-01-01 Published : 2013-03-01

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