Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society Discrete Dynamics in Supply Chain Management Guest Editors: Tinggui Chen, Kai Huang, and Zhigang Jiang Discrete Dynamics in Supply Chain Management Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society Discrete Dynamics in Supply Chain Management Guest Editors: Tinggui Chen, Kai Huang, and Zhigang Jiang Copyright © 2014 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society.” All articles are open access articles distributed underthe Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Mustapha Ait Rami, Spain Recai Kilic, Turkey B. S. Daya Sagar, India Douglas R. Anderson, USA Ryusuke Kon, Japan R. Sahadevan, India Viktor Avrutin, Germany Victor S. Kozyakin, Russia Leonid Shaikhet, Ukraine Stefan Balint, Romania Mustafa R. S. 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Rumchev, Australia Zuo-nong Zhu, China Contents Discrete Dynamics in Supply Chain Management, Tinggui Chen, Kai Huang, and Zhigang Jiang Volume2014,ArticleID913750,4pages Collaborative Policy of the Supply-Hub for Assemble-to-Order Systems with Delivery Uncertainty, Guo Li, Mengqi Liu, Xu Guan, and Zheng Huang Volume 2014, Article ID 625812, 10 pages Price and Service Competition of Dual-Channel Supply Chain with Consumer Returns,LiliRen, Yong He, and Houfei Song Volume 2014, Article ID 565603, 10 pages Viability Discrimination of a Class of Control Systems on a Nonsmooth Region,NaZhao,JianfengLv, Jinlin Yang, and Xinzhi Liu Volume2014,ArticleID127185,6pages Incentive Contract in Supply Chain with Asymmetric Information,YingshengSu,HongmeiGuo, and Xianyu Wang Volume2014,ArticleID380142,6pages A Constraint Programming Method for Advanced Planning and Scheduling System with Multilevel Structured Products, Yunfang Peng, Dandan Lu, and Yarong Chen Volume 2014, Article ID 917685, 7 pages Multiobjective Vehicle Routing Problem with Route Balance Based on Genetic Algorithm, Wei Zhou, TingxinSong,FeiHe,andXiLiu Volume 2013, Article ID 325686, 9 pages The Game Analysis of Manufacturers’ Political Connections on Product Safety in Supply Chain: Evidence from China,ZhaoNaandWangFusheng Volume 2013, Article ID 695384, 5 pages Optimizing Route for Hazardous Materials Logistics Based on Hybrid Ant Colony Algorithm, Haixing Wang, Guiping Xiao, and Zhen Wei Volume 2013, Article ID 752830, 6 pages System Dynamics Model for VMI&TPL Integrated Supply Chains,GuoLi,XiaojingWang, and Zhaohua Wang Volume 2013, Article ID 178713, 17 pages A Location-Allocation Model for Seaport-Dry Port System Optimization,XuejunFeng,YanZhang, Yuwei Li, and Wei Wang Volume 2013, Article ID 309585, 9 pages An Inventory Controlled Supply Chain Model Based on Improved BP Neural Network,WeiHe Volume 2013, Article ID 537675, 7 pages Tourist Behavior Pattern Mining Model Based on Context, Dong-sheng Liu and Shu-jiang Fan Volume 2013, Article ID 108062, 12 pages Coordination in the Decentralized Assembly System with Dual Supply Modes,XuGuanandMengqiLiu Volume 2013, Article ID 381987, 9 pages Dynamic Pricing and Supply Coordination with Reimbursement Contract under Random Yield and Demand, Guo Li, Lun Ran, Xiaohang Yue, and Zhaohua Wang Volume 2013, Article ID 631232, 10 pages Research on Self-Organization in Resilient Recovery of Cluster Supply Chains, Liang Geng, Renbin Xiao, and Shanshan Xie Volume 2013, Article ID 758967, 11 pages Optimal Acquisition and Inventory Control for a Remanufacturing System,ZhigangJiang,ShuoZhu, Hua Zhang, and Yanhong Wang Volume 2013, Article ID 120256, 7 pages Two-Level Credit Financing for Noninstantaneous Deterioration Items in a Supply Chain with Downstream Credit-Linked Demand,YongHeandHongfuHuang Volume 2013, Article ID 917958, 22 pages Location Optimization of Multidistribution Centers Based on Low-Carbon Constraints, Peixin Zhao, Bo Liu, Lulu Xu, and Di Wan Volume 2013, Article ID 427691, 6 pages Simulation Research of Space-Time Evolution of Emergency Logistics Network Reliability Based on Complex Network Theory, Li Huang, Wei Wang, and Minggong Wang Volume 2013, Article ID 303187, 7 pages Risk-Averse Suppliers’ Optimal Pricing Strategies in a Two-Stage Supply Chain,RuiShen, Zhiqing Meng, Xinsheng Xu, and Min Jiang Volume 2013, Article ID 937141, 11 pages Personal Recommendation Using a Novel Collaborative Filtering Algorithm in Customer Relationship Management,ChonghuanXu Volume 2013, Article ID 739460, 9 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society Volume 2014, Article ID 913750, 4 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/913750 Editorial Discrete Dynamics in Supply Chain Management Tinggui Chen,1 Kai Huang,2 and Zhigang Jiang3 1 School of Computer and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China 2 DeGroote School of Business, DSB 404, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4M4 3 Green Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management Institute, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, China Correspondence should be addressed to Tinggui Chen; [email protected] Received 24 March 2014; Accepted 24 March 2014; Published 5 June 2014 Copyright © 2014 Tinggui Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Supply chain management (SCM) is considered as the In the paper “Price and service competition of dual- integration of business processes in providing products or channel supply chain with consumer returns,” L. Ren et al. pro- services to end customers by establishing a strategic alliance pose dual-channel supply chain models involving consumer of all parties, which has become a critical means of adding returns policies. Also, the price and service competition value to products and increasing the company’s competitive between retail channel and direct channel is considered in the advantage. However, organizations in the supply chains in models. According to the models, they analyze the optimal real world are always vulnerable to partial or complete decisions in both centralized and decentralized scenarios. disruptions. Various factors such as natural disasters, labor Then they design a new contract, coordinate the dual- strikes, power outages, parts shortages, quality related recalls, channel supply chain, and enable both the retailer and the transportation interruptions, and machine breakdowns can manufacturer to be a win-win. lead to performance fluctuations or even disruptions of In the paper “Viability discrimination of a class of control business processes in organizations, which indicates that systems on a nonsmooth region,” N. Zhao et al. consider supply chain processes are dynamic, discrete, volatile, and theviabilityforbothanaffinenonlinearhybridsystem unpredictable. and a hybrid differential inclusion on a region with sub- Themainobjectiveofthisspecialissueistopresentthe differentiable boundary. Based on the nonsmooth analysis original research and review articles on the latest theoretical theory, they obtain a method to verify the viability condition and practical achievements that will contribute to the field at a point, when the boundary function of the region is of discrete and dynamics supply chain management, in all subdifferentiable and its subdifferential is convex hull of branches of management science. many finite points. The special issue received 52 high quality submissions In the paper “Incentive contract