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Joscha Krause, Jan Pablo Burgard (Department of Economic and Social Statistics, Trier University) and Domingo Morales (Operations Research Center, University Miguel Hernández of Elche)
Abstract: Regional prevalence estimation requires the use of suitable statistical methods on epidemiologic data with substantial local detail. Small area estimation with medical treatment records as covariates marks a promising combination for […]

Daniel Valero, Juan Aparicio and Nadia Guerrero (Operations Research Center, University Miguel Hernández of Elche)
Abstract: In this paper, we show that both Free Disposal Hull (FDH) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which are well-known modern techniques for efficiency measurement, can be seen as particular cases of a more general model based upon Support Vector Regression […]

Juan Aparicio (Operations Research Center, University Miguel Hernández of Elche), Sergio Perelman (HEC-Management School, University of Liège) and Daniel Santín (Department of Applied Economics, Public Economics and Political Economy and Complutense Institute of Economic Analysis, Complutense University of Madrid)
Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to propose a tool for measuring the productivity and […]

Martín González, José Juan López, Juan Aparicio (Operations Research Center, University Miguel Hernández of Elche) and  Emna Talbi (INRIA, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille)
Abstract: Mixed Integer Linear Programs (MILPs) are usually NP-hard mathematical programming problems, which present difficulties to obtain optimal solutions in a reasonable time for large scale models. Nowadays, metaheuristics are […]