Title :
Analysis on the Importance of Nodes in Supply Chain Network
Author :
Zhang, Xiao ; Han, Jie
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Math. & Phys., Qingdao Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Qingdao, China
Abstract :
Taking production, sale, etc. different links as nodes and the relations between such links as sides in supply chain network, then this supply chain network is a typical complex network. In this paper, the importance of nodes in supply chain network is discussed by using the theory and methods of complex network, the key nodes are identified with the help of software UCINET and MATLAB, moreover, obtained results are applied to the supply chain network of the automobile industry in Guangzhou to demonstrate its key nodes.
Keywords :
automobile industry; supply chain management; MATLAB; UCINET; automobile industry; complex network; key nodes; supply chain network; Automobiles; Complex networks; Industries; MATLAB; Physics; Supply chains; betweenness; complex network; degree; network efficiency; supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
Business Computing and Global Informatization (BCGIN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0788-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4464-9
DOI :
10.1109/BCGIn.2011.103
