FRONTIER Version 4.1
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A STOCHASTIIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS PROGRAM
[即sfa分析模型,计量统计软件]
by
Tim Coelli[作者信息,遇到具体的问题可与之联系]
Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
School of Economics
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072
Australia.
email:
t.coelli@economics.uq.edu.au
Web:
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/
[本软件实际下载地址:
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/frontier.htm ,如无法下载请留言索取]
GETTING STARTED:[即将文件复制到文件夹中或由压缩包解压到自己的文件夹中,不用详看]
1. Open the WINDOWS EXPLORER program on your PC.
2. Create a new folder on your hard drive, for example called FRONTIER, by
using the File/New/Folder option.
3. Copy ALL the files associated with FRONTIER into this folder, using
the File/Copy option or by "drag-and-drop".
4. If the files are stored in a FRONT41.ZIP file, you will then need
to unzip (extract) the files by double-clicking on the zip file and
extracting the contents of the zip file into the FRONTIER folder.
FILES USED BY FRONTIER[数据文件的使用方法]
FRONTIER uses three text files when it conducts an analysis. These are:
- a data file (eg. named eg1-dta.txt) [等处理“数据文件”]
- an instruction file (eg. named eg1-ins.txt)[“指令文件”]
- an output file (eg. named eg1-out.txt)[“输出文件”]
All of these files are text files. They can be edited using many programs.
For example, NOTEPAD, WORDPAD, WORD, WORD PERFECT, etc.
We suggest you use WORDPAD to view and edit these files.
[数据文件都是用“记事本”格式,方便编辑]
HOW TO RUN THE PROGRAM [具体程序运行步骤]
To practice running FRONTIER double-click on the FRONT41.EXE file name.
[双击FRONT41.EXE直接运行,但建议在DOS界面运行便于查看结果(不然后面会一闪界面就没了),具体当面说明]
[注意一定要包含此四个文件:front41.exe,front41.FOR,front41.000,F77L3.EER]
The program will then ask for an instruction file name. Type in
eg1-ins.txt
(and hit the RETURN key). FRONTIER will only take a few seconds to complete
this small example. To look at the output file (eg1-out.txt) you then
simply double-click on the eg1-out.txt file name.
[根据提示,输入指示文件名,并回车。运行此范例后,可以双击eg1-out.txt查看结果]
[具体为:开始时出现如下提示:]
Do you wish to type instructions at the terminal (t)
or use an instruction file (f) ?
[即询问是手动输入命令(即一些输入参数)还是用一个指令文件(应事先把参数都写好放在指令文件中)]
[建议把“数据文件”放在同一目录后,写好参数到一个“指令文件”也放在同目录下]
[选择后者,即输入f,然后再输入指令文件名,回车即可打开“输出文件”查看结果]
[后面讲述一些应用技巧,粗略了解一下即可]
FILE NAMES IN DOS [在DOS界面的文件名规范,即命令操作注意事项,基本简短即可]
FRONTIER is a DOS computer program. In DOS all file names must satisfy certain
restrictions:
- no more than 12 characters
- no more than 3 characters after the period (".")
- no more than 8 characters before the period
That is, the largest possible file name has the form:
XXXXXXXX.XXX
Since we use text files, the file name will always have "txt" after the
period. That is:
XXXXXXXX.txt
[后缀用txt,便于双击直接查看]
CREATING A NEW INSTRUCTION FILE [指令文件的建立]
The easiest way to create a new instruction/command file is to open
an existing instruction file (eg. eg1-ins.txt) using WORDPAD and then save
it under a new name (eg. abc2-ins.txt). This is done by using the File/SaveAs
options in WORDPAD. Then you can edit the contents of this new file to suit
your new analysis.
CREATING DATA FILES USING EXCEL[用excel建立数据文件]
Many people store their data in Excel files. To construct a text file from
an Excel file, open the file in Excel and then use the File/SaveAs option in
Excel and save it as a text file. However, be sure to remove any column names
first - the data file should only contain numbers.
[即打开原excel文件后,另存为“文本文档”类型的文件即可]
MANUAL[指导手册]
Coelli, T. (1996) 'A Guide to FRONTIER Version 4.1: A Computer
Program for Stochastic Frontier Production and Cost Function
Estimation', CEPA Working Paper 96/08, University of New England.
A COPY OF THIS GUIDE IS PROVIDED IN THE FILE: FRONT41.PDF.
For additional information on these methods see Chapters 8 and 9 in Coelli,
Rao and Battese (1998), An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
LIABILITY [权责说明]
Every effort has been made to ensure that this software is free of errors.
However, the software is supplied without any warranty as to the
performance or fitness of the program for any particular purpose. All
risk relating to the results and performance of this program is assumed by
the user. CEPA shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the
use of this product.
===另附我整理的PDF中部分帮助文档解释,所述的特定文件名有所不同,彩色部分暂时无法显示=====
。。。略。。。
3.1 Files Needed[文件要求,这个在说明文档里有]
The execution of FRONTIER Version 4.1 on an IBM PC generally involves five files:
1) The executable file FRONT41.EXE
2) The start-up file FRONT41.000
3) A data file (for example, called TEST.DTA)
4) An instruction file (for example, called TEST.INS)
5) An output file (for example, called TEST.OUT).