Quantifying the Effects of Trust in Supply Chains During Promotional Periods

Analytical modelling of supply chains has tended to focus on the material flows whilst neglecting the study of information dissemination through the supply chain. An important factor influencing these flows is the level of trust between supply chain partners. The dimensions of such trust are examined here and a brief review of research aimed at evaluating its importance in this area is undertaken. An optimal control model is then constructed to calculate the cost implications of the prevailing level of trust in a multi-echelon supply chain faced with satisfying a promotion for the end product. The mechanism by which both low and high levels of trust distort demand information as it is transmitted along the supply chain is investigated. A sensitivity analysis reveals that these results are essentially unaffected by the cost structures assumed. Lastly, two methods designed to compensate for low levels of trust are appraised

The Schwartz Kernel Theorem and the Frequency-Domain Theory of Nonlinear Systems

The frequency domain theory of nonlinear analytic input-output maps is studied, directly in the frequency domain. By expanding the 'Fourier transform' of the input-output map as a Taylor series in an appropriate function space and applying Schwartz's kernel theorem, we obtain a general theory of nonlinear systems in the frequency domain. This obviates the necessity of using "association of variables" in the time domain and leads to a much more general theory

Quantifying bounded rationality Managerial behaviour and the Smith predictor

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The optimal control of inventory systems

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The stability of supply chains

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Quantifying the effects of trust in supply chains during promotional periods

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The Schwartz kernel theorem and the frequency-domain theory of nonlinear systems

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