The coordinating contracts for a fuzzy supply chain with effort and price dependent demand

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2476-2489

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Wei, Jie ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MILITARY TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Fuzzy demand; Sales effort; Supply chain coordination; Symmetric information

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; FUZZY DEMAND; SALES EFFORT; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; SYMMETRIC INFORMATION;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84898540788     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.10.063     Document Type: Article

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