Quantification of risk mitigation environment of supply chains using graph theory and matrix methods

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-39

  Nishat Faisal, Mohd ^a   Banwet, D K ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

graph theory; matrix methods; risk; SCM; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969446898     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ejie.2007.012652     Document Type: Article

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