Using modified Barabási and Albert model to study the complex logistic network in eco-industrial systems

Zhongdong Xiao, Guanghui Zhou and Ben Wang

International Journal of Production Economics, 2012, vol. 140, issue 1, 295-304

Abstract: In recent years, both researchers and practitioners have devoted attention to environmental sustainability issues in the green supply industry, but, how to design the green logistic network in the eco-industrial system is missing. This article reports on the study of designing green logistic network in an eco-industrial system by modifying the Barabási and Albert (BA) model based on the intrinsic properties of eco-industrial systems. After verifying that the modified BA model is more accurately to interpret the formation mechanism of an eco-industrial network by the mean-field approach, paper extended and generalized some basic rules of the In-degree and Out-degree distributions of an EIN under the influences of different factors to assist eco-manufactures choose their supplier or customer, even design their own supplying networks by application of complex networks theory with the aid of the Jinjie EIS case example.

Keywords: Eco-industrial; Complex network; EIN; BA model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.01.033

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