Reverse supply chain management and electronic waste recycling: a multitiered network equilibrium framework for e-cycling

Modelling planner–carrier interactions in road freight transport: Optimisation of road maintenance costs via overloading control

“…This paper has extended the methods for modelling multi-actor, multi-level modelling approaches in freight transport (Nagurney et al, 2002;Nagurney & Toyasaki, 2005)which consider manufacturers, retailers and consumers as decision-makersto take into account the objective of a planner who aims for a societal optimum by minimising expenditure on road maintenance costs though overloading control. The main contributions of this paper to the literature are as follows:…”

“…Castelli et al (2004) proposed a bi-level linear program formulation of a two-player Stackelberg game between a 'shipper', minimising a lower level objective of transportation cost, and a traffic authority applying some form of regulation to an upper level objective which seeks to maximise the flow through the subset of links under the authority's control. In the same game-theoretic spirit, Nagurney et al (2002) and Nagurney & Toyasaki (2005) proposed a joint equilibrium model of three groups of non-cooperative actors, representing manufacturers, retailers and consumers.…”

“…In freight transport, the outcomes and impacts are influenced by many decisionmakers, though far fewer than in the case of passenger transport. In recognising the presence of multiple actors (Fisk, 1986), a number of authors have turned their attention to an explicit representation of their behaviour, models being proposed with manufacturers, retailers and consumers as decision-makers (Nagurney et al, 2002;Nagurney & Toyasaki, 2005;Sheu et al, 2005;Figueiredo & Mayerle, 2008) and, more recently, third party logistics service providers (Panayides & So, 2005). However, one special form of actor often overlooked is the government or planner, whose decisions regarding regulations and pricing will influence the decisions made by other decision makers, and who indeed may make pro-active decisions that anticipate such influences on other actors.…”

Intelligent Products to Support Closed-Loop Reverse Logistics

“…the expended product is transported "back" either to the beginning of a "new lifecycle" or towards its terminal disposal. [22], [23] Both positions are summarised by Fleischmann, et al [24] Here, reverse logistics "encompasses the logistics activities all the way from used products to no longer required by the user products to products again useable in the markets." This approach to reverse logistics closes the loop in the material flow from EOL to BOL.…”

Sustainable supply chain network design: a multicriteria perspective

“…Nagurney, Cruz, and Matsypura (2003), Nagurney and Toyasaki (2005), Wu et al (2006), Nagurney, Liu, and Woolley (2007), Nagurney and Woolley (2010)), it has been argued that businesses, and in particular supply chains, have become increasingly globalized. However, criticism of globalization has increased, specifically by those concerned about the environment on the basis that global free trade may result in the growth of global pollution.…”