Research Article

Additive Slack-Based Measure for a Two-Stage Structure with Shared Inputs and Undesirable Feedback

Table 1

Notations.

Number of inputs of stage 1
Number of shared inputs of both stages
Number of undesirable feedback inputs of stage 1
Number of undesirable intermediate products
Number of final output of stage 1
Exogenous inputs of stage 2
Number of final outputs of stage 2
Input of the first stage
Shared input of stage 1
Undesirable feedback input
Intermediate product
Final output of stage 1
Shared input of stage 2
Exogenous input of stage 2
Final output of stage 2
Weight parameter