Agent-oriented supply-chain management

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-188

  Fox, Mark S ^a   Barbuceanu, Mihai ^a   Teigen, Rune ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHEDULING;

COORDINATION; INTERACTION; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034171704     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008195614074     Document Type: Article

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