Supply networks as a complex adaptive system: toward simulation-based theory building on evolutionary decision making

Decision Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-815

  Nair, Anand ^a   Narasimhan, Ram ^b   Choi, Thomas Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Complex adaptive systems; Complexity theory; Supply networks; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449202072     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2009.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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