Agri-Food Supply Chain Network Robustness Research Based on Complex Network

Abstract

Agri-food supply chain networks often face several different types of disruptions, the research of the agri-food supply chain network robustness is based on analyzing the definition and characteristic of agricultural supply chain. To better explore the robustness of agri-food supply chain network, a new measure of supply chain network robustness is proposed based on complex networks. Under random disruption and target disruption, the different topologies of supply chain network robustness are analyzed. Simulation result shows that topology of agri-food supply chain network has great influence on its robustness which follows some statistical rules; the purposes of improving agri-food supply chain network robustness can be achieved by adjusting the distance sensitive parameters and changing the evolution mechanism in the network. This research not only provides some references for scholars, but also helps to analyze the robustness in agri-food supply chain network management.