The energy crisis and greenhouse emissions are two major issues at the minute. Plastic waste dumped in landfills is also a big problem because the decomposition rate is almost 500 years or more. Pyrolysis, incineration, and gasification are examples of thermal oxidation processes that can be...

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it compares the performance of various panel data models in estimating technical efficiency in production. Second, it applies various stochastic frontier panel data models to estimate the technical efficiency of Iran's cotton production and to...