Impact of Echelon Ratio for the Bullwhip Effect in a Three-echelon Supply Chain Based on Multiagent Simulation

Journal of Computers (Finland)

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2598-2606

  Wang, Hongsen ^a   Jia, Suling ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Echelon ratio; Muti agent simulation; Repast; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; ECHELON RATIO; MULTI AGENT SIMULATION; MUTI-AGENT SIMULATION; ORDER QUANTITY; REPAST; THREE-ECHELON;

MANUFACTURE;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84884799964     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.8.10.2598-2606     Document Type: Article

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