From choice of procurement strategy to supply network configuration: An evolutionary approach

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-173

  Zhang, Yifeng ^a   Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Configuration; Ordering policy; Procurement strategy; Q learning; Supply network; Switch cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951670583     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622010003671     Document Type: Article

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