Alireza Amirteimoori is a full professor of applied mathematics and operations at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Istinye University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests lie in the broad area of performance management with special emphasis on quantitative methods for performance measurement, and especially those based on the broad set of methods known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). His research findings have been published in major journals, including Applied Mathematics and Computation, Journal of the Operations Research Society, RAIRO - Operations Research, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Production Economics, Optimization, Expert Systems with Applications, Central European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Global Optimization.Biresh K. Sahoo is a professor of economics at Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India, and an associate editor of Omega: The International Journal of Management Science. He specializes in applied production frontier analysis, and his research interests are in the areas of efficiency and productivity performance of firms and the economics of benchmarking. Vincent Charles is an experienced researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and management science, currently with the School of Management, University of Bradford, UK. He has over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy, having served as a full professor and director of research for more than a decade. He has published over 130 research outputs and is the recipient of many international academic honors and awards.Saber Mehdizadeh is affiliated with Istinye University, Istanbul, Türkiye. He received his PhD in applied mathematics and operations research from Islamic Azad University of Rasht, Iran.

• Benchmarking.- An introduction to data envelopment analysis.- Probability Theory.- Stochastic data envelopment analysis.- Stochastic Network Data Envelopment Analysis .- Stochastic scale elasticity.- Managerial Ability in Deterministic and Stochastic Environments.

Alireza Amirteimoori is a full professor of applied mathematics and operations at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Istinye University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests lie in the broad area of performance management with special emphasis on quantitative methods for performance measurement, and especially those based on the broad set of methods known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). His research findings have been published in major journals, including Applied Mathematics and Computation, Journal of the Operations Research Society, RAIRO - Operations Research, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Production Economics, Optimization, Expert Systems with Applications, Central European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Global Optimization.Biresh K. Sahoo is a professor of economics at Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India, and an associate editor of Omega: The International Journal of Management Science. He specializes in applied production frontier analysis, and his research interests are in the areas of efficiency and productivity performance of firms and the economics of benchmarking. Vincent Charles is an experienced researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and management science, currently with the School of Management, University of Bradford, UK. He has over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy, having served as a full professor and director of research for more than a decade. He has published over 130 research outputs and is the recipient of many international academic honors and awards.Saber Mehdizadeh is affiliated with Istinye University, Istanbul, Türkiye. He received his PhD in applied mathematics and operations research from Islamic Azad University of Rasht, Iran.

• Benchmarking.- An introduction to data envelopment analysis.- Probability Theory.- Stochastic data envelopment analysis.- Stochastic Network Data Envelopment Analysis .- Stochastic scale elasticity.- Managerial Ability in Deterministic and Stochastic Environments.

Alireza Amirteimoori is a full professor of applied mathematics and operations at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Istinye University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests lie in the broad area of performance management with special emphasis on quantitative methods for performance measurement, and especially those based on the broad set of methods known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). His research findings have been published in major journals, including Applied Mathematics and Computation, Journal of the Operations Research Society, RAIRO - Operations Research, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Production Economics, Optimization, Expert Systems with Applications, Central European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Global Optimization.Biresh K. Sahoo is a professor of economics at Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India, and an associate editor of Omega: The International Journal of Management Science. He specializes in applied production frontier analysis, and his research interests are in the areas of efficiency and productivity performance of firms and the economics of benchmarking. Vincent Charles is an experienced researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and management science, currently with the School of Management, University of Bradford, UK. He has over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy, having served as a full professor and director of research for more than a decade. He has published over 130 research outputs and is the recipient of many international academic honors and awards.Saber Mehdizadeh is affiliated with Istinye University, Istanbul, Türkiye. He received his PhD in applied mathematics and operations research from Islamic Azad University of Rasht, Iran.

• Benchmarking.- An introduction to data envelopment analysis.- Probability Theory.- Stochastic data envelopment analysis.- Stochastic Network Data Envelopment Analysis .- Stochastic scale elasticity.- Managerial Ability in Deterministic and Stochastic Environments.