Supply Chain Networks — mentioned by eliotho

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:23:39 GMT

Thanks, the modeling is similar math to the financial banking networks paper by Eisenberg and Noe Systemic Risk in Financial Systems (used as a stress tool by regulators after the 2008 financial crisis). My adaptation is combining this with the inventory management part in my article: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.17491

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Supply Chain Networks — HN submission

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:31:21 GMT

Show HN: I simulated closing the Strait of Hormuz on real oil trade data

OP here: I created this visualization tool as the byproduct of a supply chain class I taught at Columbia. The pedagogical exercise grew into a full blown visualization and paper about global oil trade. The model: The mechanics are the same as the financial network Eisenberg-Noe: Instead of banks, every country consumes oil interconnected via bilateral trading. Shocks propagate throughout the network, depleting oil reserves when bottleneck nodes (such as the Strait of Hormuz) are blocked. Insights: The interesting part is the mechanics of how the crisis unfolds: for example, France receives 0…

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Supply Chain Networks — mentioned by eliotho

Supply Chain Networks — HN submission