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Recent Trends in Sustainable Supply-Chain Optimization

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Supply-chain sustainability refers to the optimal balance between economic, environmental, and societal criteria during decision-making processes. This chapter presents a comprehensive review of recent research contributions on sustainable supply-chain optimization. The selected articles have been classified according to several criteria. More specifically, an initial classification has been performed based on the sustainability concerns taken under consideration in each study. Next, a classification has been provided based on decision levels, and finally, the reviewed works have been categorized according to the available solution methods. The chapter is closing with some main insights and suggestions for future research.

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Karakostas, P., Sifaleras, A. (2022). Recent Trends in Sustainable Supply-Chain Optimization. In: Fathi, M., Zio, E., Pardalos, P.M. (eds) Handbook of Smart Energy Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72322-4_181-1

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