Entropy as an assessment tool of supply chain information sharing

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 405-417

  Martínez Olvera, César ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Entropy; Information sharing; Supply chain; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER;

ENTROPY-BASED FORMULATION; INFORMATION SHARING;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 34548701073     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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