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This research examines the impact of customer perceived disposal hardship on the post-consumer product remanufacturing activities. The post-consumer products are classified into three categories according to their corresponding level of intelligence. An agent-based simulation model is developed and used to explore different intelligent scenarios. The results suggest that the higher embedded product intelligence, the more effective post-consumer products acquisition management for remanufacturing.
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Xing, B., Gao, Wj., Nelwamondo, F.V., Battle, K., Marwala, T. (2012). The Effects of Customer Perceived Disposal Hardship on Post-Consumer Product Remanufacturing: A Multi-agent Perspective. In: Tan, Y., Shi, Y., Ji, Z. (eds) Advances in Swarm Intelligence. ICSI 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7332. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31020-1_25
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