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Frontiers of Engineering Management >> 2020, Volume 7, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s42524-019-0080-x

Efficiency measurement for mixed two-stage nonhomogeneous network processes with shared extra intermediate resources

School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Accepted: 2020-02-27 Available online: 2020-02-27

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Abstract

Unreasonable allocation of shared resources reduces the system efficiency and is a considerable operational risk. Sub-processes with insufficient portion of shared resources could not help accomplish complicated tasks, and overstaffing and idle resources will occur in the sub-processes assigned with redundant shared resources. This unfair portion distribution may cause internal contradictions among sub-processes and even lead to the collapsing of the entire system. This study proposes a data-driven, mixed two-stage network data envelopment analysis model. This method aims to reasonably define the allocation portion of shared extra intermediate resources among several nonhomogeneous subsystems and measure the overall system performance. A data set of 58 international hotels is used to test the features of the proposed model.

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