@inbook{22696da9c4704414aa77b15d18d9f445,
title = "Stochastic network data envelopment analysis",
abstract = "Most real-life production processes are multi-stage in nature. Characterization of such processes via concepts such as technical efficiency is considered important to firm managers for the stage-specific analysis of their business decisions in improving their performance. Therefore, it is imperative to estimate the efficiency of a firm not only for the network production system but also for its sub-processes to locate the sources of inefficiency. In this chapter, we deal with production processes characterized by a two-stage network structure that links their stage-specific processes with intermediate products (measures). In this two-stage production process, the first stage uses input resources to produce intermediate products, which are all, in turn, used as inputs in the second stage to produce final outputs. ",
author = "Alireza Amirteimoori and Sahoo, \{Biresh K.\} and Vincent Charles and Saber Mehdizadeh",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-89869-4\_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030898687",
series = "International Series in Operations Research and Management Science",
publisher = "Springer Cham",
pages = "77--117",
editor = "Alizera Amirteimoori and Sahoo, \{Biresh K.\} and Vincent Charles and Saber Mehdizadeh",
booktitle = "Stochastic benchmarking: theory and applications",
}