A Review of the Wood Pellet Value Chain, Modern Value/Supply Chain Management Approaches, and Value/Supply Chain Models

Table 2

Categorization of model types in reviewed papers.

Type of study		Broad modeling category	Type of modeling approach	Authors using the modeling approach
Supply chain models	Biomass supply chain models	Simulation	Simulation	[80, 128]
			Demand driven	[83, 84]
			Simulation-based fuzzy inventory	[129]
			Integrated biomass supply and logistics (ISBAL) modeling environment-dynamic simulation	[130]
Supply chain models	Biomass supply chain models	Mathematical programming	Dynamic, nonlinear mixed integer	[131, 132]
			Dynamic, linear mixed integer	[114, 133]
			Scenario-based optimization	[32, 125]
			Agent-based models (ABMs)	[134]
			Land-suitability model (LSM) using analytic hierarchy process (AHP)	[135]
			Power function utilization	[33]
			Spatial partial equilibrium	[136]
			Technoeconomic	[36, 126]
			Game theoretic approach	[127]
			Mixed integer	[137]
			Mixed integer linear programming (MILP)	[138]
			Linear programming network	[139]
			Process network synthesis (PNS) two-level process graph (P-graph) approach	[31, 140]
			Newsvendor economic	[141]
			Integrated optimization	[142]
Supply chain models	General supply chain models	Simulation	Simulation	[21, 143, 144]
Supply chain models	General supply chain models	Mathematical programming	Demand driven	[83]
			Agent-based models (ABMs)	[78]
			Closed-loop optimization	[53]
			Mixed integer	[145]
			Lead-time inventory	[65, 146, 147]
			Stochastic network	[148]
			Fuzzy programming	[149]
			Mixed integer linear programming (MILP)	[150–152]
			Integrated business planning (IBP) matrix	[153]
			Genetic algorithms	[57, 154, 155]
Value chain models	General value chain models	Mathematical programming	Mixed integer nonlinear programming	[115, 156]
			Object oriented programming approach with ecological mass balance	[116]
			Analytic network process (ANP)	[47]
Value chain models	Wood pellet value chain models	Simulation	Inventory management (Pell-Sim)	[86]
Value chain models	Wood pellet value chain models	Mathematical programming	Win-win optimization	[113]
			Technoeconomic	[30]
			Static partial equilibrium	[24]
Other	Wood pellet theses	Mathematical programming	Linear multicommodity network flow	[123]
			Scenario-based financial	[122, 124]
Other	Biomass business plans	Mathematical programming	Financial-based	[117, 118]
Other	Wood pellet business plans	Mathematical programming	Financial-based	[119, 120]