Complexity Metrics for Assembly Supply Chains: A Comparative Study

Abstract:

In this paper, we study the complexity metrics for systematically generated assembly supply chains structures. We define three structural complexity indicators, such as the index of vertex degree, the supply chain length and the flow complexity. By a comparative study of 190 mathematically selected supply chain networks, we obtained Spearman correlation coefficients among three defined metrics and find some interesting results.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 629)
• Pages: 757-762
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.629.757
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Vladimir Modrak, David Marton
• Keywords: Flow Complexity, Shannon Entropy, Supply Chain Length, Vertex Degree

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