Supply chain risk analysis with mean-variance models: a technical review

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 489-507

  Chiu, Chun Hung ^a   Choi, Tsan Ming ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mean variance analysis; Review; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877591275     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-013-1386-4     Document Type: Article

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