Autori
Strozzi, Fernanda
Colicchia, Claudia

Titolo
Literature review on complex network methods applied to measure robustness in supply chain design
Periodico
Liuc papers
Anno: 2012 - Fascicolo: 249 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 35

The aim of this work is to perform a literature review, using Citation Network Analysis and the related software package Citation Network Analyzer (CNA), on the concepts of robustness and resilience defined according to the complex networks theory and applied to Supply Chain Design. There are several contributions that consider the concepts of robustness and resilience in the Supply Chain Design (SCD) (http://www.husdal.com/2008/04/28/robustness-flexibility-and-resilience-in- the supply-chain-/), but few of them attempt to quantify these concepts using existing measures from the theory of Complex Networks (CN). The methodology employed in this work was as follows: first we have identified the relevant keywords, then, using CNA (http://www.lecy.info/resources/CNA%20Overview.pdf), we have investigated Google Scholar database through search strings (derived from grouping keywords) to find the documents containing these keywords in the abstract or in the text and thus relevant for our purposes. Using CNA we have built a citation network and, finally, the generated network has been studied applying citation network analysis. Although the subject of this literature review can be of limited interest to a broad audience, we believe that the methodology employed is of general applicability. Any researcher, who wishes to study or apply concepts from other disciplines, needs skills in different fields. The proposed methodology is convenient, fast and objective, in supporting research and literatre review in different disciplines, albeit it presents some limitations primarily related to the consideration of the citations only.



SICI: 1722-4667(2012)249<1:LROCNM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Testo completo: http://www.biblio.liuc.it/liucpap/pdf/249.pdf

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