A novel swarm optimisation approach for risk-based partner selection in virtual enterprises

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-73

  Mahapatra, S S ^a   Nayak, N R ^a   Prasanna, K ^a   Beriha, G S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Discrete particle swarm optimisation; DPSO; Partner selection; VE; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051964354     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.041989     Document Type: Article

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