Modeling of supply chain: A multi-agent approach

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1056-1061

  Bo, Xiong ^a   Zhiming, Wu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contract Net; Decision Making; Multi Agent; Negotiation; Supply Chain Management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142169405     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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