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How to improve the performances of DEA/FDH estimators in the presence of noise?

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Bibliographic reference Simar, Léopold. How to improve the performances of DEA/FDH estimators in the presence of noise?. In: Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 28, no.3, p. 183-201 (December 2007)
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