.. _acronyms:

List of Acronyms
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For sake of demonstration, we use the following list of acronyms in this project.


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  COLS - Corrected Ordinary Least Squares

  C2NLS - Corrected Convex Nonparametric Least Squares

  CER - Convex Expectile Regression

  CNLS - Convex Nonparametric Least Squares

  CQR - Convex Quantile Regression

  CRS - Constant Returns to Scale

  DDF - Directional Distance Function

  DEA - Data Envelopment Analysis

  DMU - Decision-Making Unit

  FDH - Free Disposal Hull

  GAMS - General Algebraic Modeling System

  MOM - Method of Moments

  QLE - Quasi-likelihood Estimation

  ICNLS - Isotonic Convex Nonparametric Least Square

  ICER - Isotonic Convex Quantile Regression

  ICQR - Isotonic Convex Expectile Regression

  StoNED - Stochastic Nonparametric Envelopment of Data

  StoNEZD - Stochastic Semi-nonparametric Envelopment of Z Variables Data

  KDE - Kernel Density Estimation

  VRS - Variable Returns to Scale