Entropy as a measure of operational flexibility

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.033zbMath1062.90517OpenAlexW2089700841MaRDI QIDQ1771358

Vince Thomson, Nadia Bhuiyan, Eyas Shuiabi

Publication date: 21 April 2005

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.033

zbMATH Keywords

SimulationEntropyFlexibilityOperations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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