Supply chain management is taken into account as an inseparable component in satisfying customers' requirements. This paper deals with the distribution network design (DND) problem which is a critical issue in achieving supply chain accomplishments. A capable DND can guarantee the success of the entire network performance. However, there are many factors that can cause fluctuations in input dat...

The analysis and modelling of various complex networks has received much attention in the last few years. Some such networks display a natural bipartite structure: two kinds of nodes coexist with links only between nodes of different kinds. This bipartite structure has not been deeply studied until now, mainly because it appeared to be specific to only a few complex networks. However, we show h...

We develop a new approach to the study of the dynamics of link utilization in complex networks using records of communication in a large social network. Counter to the perspective that nodes have particular roles, we find roles change dramatically from day to day. “Local hubs” have a power law degree distribution over time, with no characteristic degree value. Our results imply a significant re...

In this paper, we construct a weighted industrial cluster complex network model according to preferential attachment and local world mechanism, in which the logistics amount of business contact between one enterprise and others is defined as edge weight. We simulate and analyze statistic characteristics of the industrial cluster model such as degree distribution, point strength, point strengthp...

Grid Technology has proven to be a suitable means for the efficient sharing of various resources within a well–defined community. The EC–funded projects LeGE–WG and e–LeGI have set out to apply this technology for technology enhanced learning services. Previously, the applicability of distributed skill maps for adaptive e–Learning within a grid network has been discussed. In this paper, we prop...