Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Isenberg School of Management and Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US and June Dong, Associate Professor, School of Business, State University of New York, Oswego, US

'The book provides a fair argument for the use of equilibrium models to represent systems involving several layers of independent agents. Since the topics addressed are important in the current 'Information Age,' this book is certainly relevant.'

• Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction and Foundations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Background 3. Foundations of Supernetworks Part II: Multitiered Networks 4. Supply Chain Networks and Electronic Commerce 5. A Multilevel Perspective for Supply Chain Dynamics 6. Dynamic Financial Networks with Intermediation Part III: Multicriteria Networks 7. Multicriteria Network Equilibrium Modelling 8. A Space-Time Network for Telecommuting versus Commuting 9. Urban Location and Transportation in the Information Age Part IV: New Directions 10. Supernetworks of Producers and Consumers 11. Multicriteria Decision-Making in Financial Networks 12. Paradoxes and Policies A. Optimization Theory B. Variational Inequalities and Projected Dynamical Systems C. Algorithms Bibliography Index

Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Isenberg School of Management and Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US and June Dong, Associate Professor, School of Business, State University of New York, Oswego, US

'The book provides a fair argument for the use of equilibrium models to represent systems involving several layers of independent agents. Since the topics addressed are important in the current 'Information Age,' this book is certainly relevant.'

• Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction and Foundations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Background 3. Foundations of Supernetworks Part II: Multitiered Networks 4. Supply Chain Networks and Electronic Commerce 5. A Multilevel Perspective for Supply Chain Dynamics 6. Dynamic Financial Networks with Intermediation Part III: Multicriteria Networks 7. Multicriteria Network Equilibrium Modelling 8. A Space-Time Network for Telecommuting versus Commuting 9. Urban Location and Transportation in the Information Age Part IV: New Directions 10. Supernetworks of Producers and Consumers 11. Multicriteria Decision-Making in Financial Networks 12. Paradoxes and Policies A. Optimization Theory B. Variational Inequalities and Projected Dynamical Systems C. Algorithms Bibliography Index

Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor, Isenberg School of Management and Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US and June Dong, Associate Professor, School of Business, State University of New York, Oswego, US

'The book provides a fair argument for the use of equilibrium models to represent systems involving several layers of independent agents. Since the topics addressed are important in the current 'Information Age,' this book is certainly relevant.'

• Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction and Foundations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Background 3. Foundations of Supernetworks Part II: Multitiered Networks 4. Supply Chain Networks and Electronic Commerce 5. A Multilevel Perspective for Supply Chain Dynamics 6. Dynamic Financial Networks with Intermediation Part III: Multicriteria Networks 7. Multicriteria Network Equilibrium Modelling 8. A Space-Time Network for Telecommuting versus Commuting 9. Urban Location and Transportation in the Information Age Part IV: New Directions 10. Supernetworks of Producers and Consumers 11. Multicriteria Decision-Making in Financial Networks 12. Paradoxes and Policies A. Optimization Theory B. Variational Inequalities and Projected Dynamical Systems C. Algorithms Bibliography Index