Background: The growing concern for environmental and social issues has led to a focus on designing sustainable supply chains and increasing industrial responsibility towards society. In this paper, a multi-objective mixed-integer programming model is presented for designing a sustainable...

Collection and recycling of product returns is gaining interest in business and research worldwide. Growing green concerns and advancement of green supply chain management (GrSCM) concepts and practices make it all the more relevant. Inputs from literature and informal interviews with 84...

Logistics network design is commonly recognized as a strategic supplychain issue of prime importance. The location of production facilities,storage concepts, and transportation strategies are major determinantsof supply chain performance. This chapter considers logistics network design for the...

In this paper, a closed-loop supply chain is modeled based on hyperchaotic dynamics . Then, synchronization of the two hyperchaotic closed loop supply chains is performed with a proportional integral (PI) sliding mode controller design method. Using Lyapunov stability theory, it has been proved...