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Machine Learning Applications on Box-Office Revenue Forecasting: The Taiwanese Film Market Case Study
The Random Forest algorithm (RFA) is used to predict the approximate final box-office revenue of a movie in the Taiwanese film market. The results show that the RFA has stable capabilities to predict the final...
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Chapter
A Hierarchical Panel Data Model for the Estimation of Stochastic Metafrontiers: Computational Issues and an Empirical Application
In the metafrontier literature, firms are put into groups, generally defined by technology or geography. Each group has its own technological frontier, and the metafrontier is the upper bound of these group fr...
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Chapter
Estimation of Technical Inefficiency in Production Frontier Models Using Cross-Sectional Data
In this paper, we discuss the specification and estimation of technical efficiency in a variety of stochastic frontier production models. The focus is on cross-sectional models. We start from the basic neoclas...
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Subjective Knowledge Foundation of the Cross-Taiwan Straits International Peace Discourse
To analyze the short-term prospects for political relations between China and Taiwan, I will review the subjective factors and dimensions affecting those relations and the ways in which the two sides are prese...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Simulation Studies of Two-Layer Hopfield Neural Networks for Automatic Wafer Defect Inspection
The occurrence of defect on a wafer may result in losing the yield ratio. The defective regions were usually identified through visual judgment with the aid of a scanning electron microscope. Dozens of people ...