This book grows from a conference on the state of the art and recent advances in Efficiency and Productivity. Papers … efficiency and productivity analysis. Chapters on modeling advances include reverse directional distance function, a new method … analysis of productivity and price recovery indices, the relation of technical efficiency measures to productivity measures …

The authors adapt modern control theoretic techniques based on robust control theory to economic modelling and decision … entropy and in this sense the robust control theory is not only adapted but also extended in the book. The main issues … noncooperative game theory to solve the formulated decision making problems. The book is self-contained and rigorous and may be …