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Multitiered supply chain networks: Multicriteria decision-making and uncertainty
Annals of Operations Research (2005)
  • Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Ding Zhang
  • June Dong
  • Hong Yan
Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we present a supply chain network model with multiple tiers of decision-makers, consisting, respectively, of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, who can compete within a tier but may cooperate between tiers. We consider multicriteria decision-making for both the manufacturers and the distributors whereas the retailers are subject to decision-making under uncertainty since the demands associated with the product are random. We derive the optimality conditions for the decision-makers, establish the equilibrium conditions, and derive the variational inequality formulation. We then utilize the variational inequality formulation to provide both qualitative properties of the equilibrium product shipment, service level, and price pattern and to propose a computational procedure, along with convergence results. This is the first supply chain network model to capture both multicriteria decision-making and decision-making under uncertainty in an integrated equilibrium framework. Key Words: supply chains, multicriteria decision-making, decision-making under uncertainty, network equilibrium, variational inequalities

Publication Date
January, 2005
Citation Information
Anna Nagurney, Ding Zhang, June Dong and Hong Yan. "Multitiered supply chain networks: Multicriteria decision-making and uncertainty" Annals of Operations Research Vol. 135 (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anna_nagurney/144/