LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE THESIS Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 The New Logistics Model--Horizontal Collaboration 1.3 Motivation 1.4 The Research Agenda 1.5 Expected Contribution of the Research 1.6 Structure of the Thesis Chapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Collaboration of Logistics in Supply Chain Management 2.3 Research Questions 2.4 The Application of Agent-based Modelling in Supply Chain Management 2.5 Chapter Summary Chapter 3 Research Methodology 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Case Studies 3.3 Agent-based Simulation 3.4 Chapter Summary Chapter 4 Case Studies 4,1 Introduction 4.2 Key Elements for Developing Logistics Horizontal Collaboration 4.3 A Typology of Logistics Horizontal Collaboration 4.4 Conclusion J Chapter 5 Simulation Modelling 5.1 The Agent-based Supply Chain Model 5.2 Results and Analysis 5.3 Discussion 5.4 Conclusion Chapter 6 Discussion 6.1 Findings of Case Studies 6.2 Findings of Simulation Modelling 6.3 Contributions 6.4 Limitations 6.5 Directions for Future Research Chapter 7 Conclusion Appendix I List of Case Studies of Logistics Horizontal Collaboration Appendix II List of ABM Papers Per Supply Chain Fields Reference
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