Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions
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Improving UccNet-Compliant B2B Supply-Chain Applications Using a Context Interchange Framework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2004-11)UccNet (http://knowledgebase.uccnet.org) is a globally centralized B2B electronic data platform for storing trading product item information and hosted by the non-profit international standardization institute EAN-UCC. It ... -
Heterogeneity and Network Structure in the Dynamics of Diffusion: Comparing Agent-Based and Differential Equation Models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2004-11)When is it better to use agent based (AB) models, and when should differential equation (DE) models be used? Where DE models assume homogeneity and perfect mixing within compartments, AB models can capture heterogeneity ... -
Order Stability in Supply Chains: Coordination Risk and the Role of Coordination Stock
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2004-11)The bullwhip effect describes the tendency for the variance of orders in supply chains to increase as one moves upstream from consumer demand. Previous research attributes this phenomenon to both operational and behavioral ...
