Modeling Relief Demands in an Emergency Supply Chain System under Large-Scale Disasters Based on a Queuing Network
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Modeling Relief Demands in an Emergency Supply Chain System under Large-Scale Disasters Based on a Queuing Network
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2356-6140,1537-744X
DOI: 10.1155/2014/195053