Effects of trust mechanisms on supply-chain performance: A multi-agent simulation study

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 9-112

  Lin, Fu Ren ^a   Sung, Yu Wei ^b,c   Lo, Yi Pong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multi agent simulation; Order fulfillment process; Supply chain management; Swarm simulation platform; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944518487     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2003.11044342     Document Type: Article

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