Entropy-based optimization of decentralized supply-chain networks

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3250-3261

  Sundar Raj, T ^a   Lakshminarayanan, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SCENARIO; COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; DECISION PARAMETERS; ENDOGENOUS UNCERTAINTY; INTERNAL STRATEGIES; MATERIAL FLOW; MEASURE OF INFORMATION; OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; SHANNON'S ENTROPY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 77950418291     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9003688     Document Type: Article

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