Supply chain network design for critical needs with outsourcing

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-142

  Nagurney, Anna ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Qiang, Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical needs; Disasters; Humanitarian logistics; Outsourcing; Supply chain design

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; LOGISTICS; MODELING; NATIONAL SECURITY; NETWORK DESIGN; OUTSOURCING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952126465     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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