Achieving  sustainable solutions to  today’s burning environmental problems  like  atmospheric pollution, waste management etc  requires  some effective  long term  result  oriented  actions. These   can  be   correlated   with  energy  resources  generations and  its uses....

The printed circuit board (PCB) assembling production process is generally optimized to ensure very low levels of errors (defects) so as to produce the higher quality product. The evaluation of efficiency of different types of PCB (cards) could help the management in identifying the quality of...

This paper studies the efficiency trend in the Indian Small-Scale Industry for the period spanning 1973-74 to 1994-95, using alternative techniques of deterministic frontier production function. In spite of an impressive output growth over the period of study as revealed by published data, this...

The ranking of banks based on single period data could mislead the management as well as customers, as many one-time influences may wrongly portray banks with lasting strategy. This study uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) models to rank Indian banks based on their performance over 13 years of...

This study examines the association of the demographic profiles and dining out behavior of Malaysian fine dining restaurant consumers’ with their purchasing orientation. Additionally, consumers’ purchasing orientation via their demographic features was determined. Surveys were conducted...

Genetic algorithm (GA) approach is developed for solving the P-model of chance constrained data envelopment analysis (CCDEA) problems, which include the concept of "Satisficing". Problems here include cases in which inputs and outputs are stochastic, as well as cases in which only the outputs...

This study examines the energy requirement and energy input–output relationship of colocasia-based cropping systems viz., Colocasia–onion–frenchbean, colocasia–gardenpea–frenchbean, colocasia–wheat–okra, colocasia–radish–potato, colocasia–cabbage–frenchbean,...

In recent years, the energy for the development of world economy depends entirely on fossil fuels which are not only rapidly depleting but are also causing environmental degradation. This situation has attracted the attention of world’s countries to develop alternative biofuels as a substitute...