Strategic resilience investment for a metaverse supply chain

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 59, Number 5, September-October 2025


Page(s)		2957 - 2991
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2025103
Published online		20 October 2025

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