A stochastic model to study the system capacity for supply chains in terms of minimal cuts

A stochastic model to study the system capacity for supply chains in terms of minimal cuts

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Article ID: iaor20101350
Volume: 124
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 181
End Page Number: 187
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
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Keywords: networks: flow
Abstract:

For a single-commodity stochastic flow network, the system capacity is the maximum flow from the source to the sink. We construct a p-commodity stochastic flow network with unreliable nodes, in which branches and nodes all have several possible capacities and may fail, to model a supply chain. Different types of commodities, transmitted through the same network simultaneously, consume the capacities of branches and nodes differently. That is, the capacity weight depends on branches, nodes and types of commodity. We first define the system capacity as a vector and propose a performance index, the probability that the upper bound of the system capacity is a given pattern. Such a performance index can be easily computed in terms of upper boundary states meeting the demand exactly. An efficient algorithm based on minimal cuts is thus presented to generate all upper boundary states. The manager can apply this performance index to measure the transportation level of a supply chain.

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