Competition and Integration in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network with Variational Inequality
Joint Authors
Zhou, Gengui
Yang, Yuxiang
Cao, Jian
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-21, 21 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A closed-loop supply chain network involves the manufactured and remanufactured homogeneous products.
It comprises operation links to represent business activities including manufacturing/remanufacturing activities, treatment activities for EOL products, transportation activities, and storage activities, which are performed by the firms.
Among all closed-loop supply chain problems, the horizontal merger of oligopolistic firms is so important and attracting to both businessman and researchers.
In this paper, the interaction of the competitive firms prior to horizontal merger is analyzed.
Three networks including prior to horizontal merger, postpartial merger, and complete merger are studied.
Simultaneously, three economical models for these networks on different conditions of mergers are established and discussed.
The variational inequality formulations are used for these three models, whose solutions give out the production quantity of new products, and remanufactured products, the product flows for new products, remanufactured products and end-of-life products at every path, the demand quantity, the recovery quantity of end-of-life products and the equilibrium prices.
Finally, numerical examples are tested and illustrated for the proposed models.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhou, Gengui& Yang, Yuxiang& Cao, Jian. 2012. Competition and Integration in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network with Variational Inequality. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-21.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhou, Gengui…[et al.]. Competition and Integration in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network with Variational Inequality. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-21.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhou, Gengui& Yang, Yuxiang& Cao, Jian. Competition and Integration in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network with Variational Inequality. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1001665
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1001665