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Supply Chain Configuration as a Cooperative Game with Fuzzy Coalitions

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Supply Chain Management Under Fuzziness

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 313))

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The chapter considers the problem of flexible supply chains (FSCs) configuring in a highly dynamic economic environment. A novel coalition formation mechanism is proposed, which helps to resolve conflictions between the objectives of the FSC participants and to agree upon effective solutions. This mechanism is based on a generalized model of the core of a cooperative game with fuzzy coalitions. The implementation of the proposed model for configuring of an automotive FSC is described. Simulation results are discussed.

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  1. Mexican Petroleum Institute, Av. Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Norte, 152, 07730, Mexico-city, DF, Mexico

    Leonid B. Sheremetov

  2. St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chetyrnadtsataya Liniya, 39, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199179

    Alexander V. Smirnov

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Sheremetov, L.B., Smirnov, A.V. (2014). Supply Chain Configuration as a Cooperative Game with Fuzzy Coalitions. In: Kahraman, C., Öztayşi, B. (eds) Supply Chain Management Under Fuzziness. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53939-8_13

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