Incorporating software agents into supply chains: Experimental investigation with a procurement task

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-166

  Nissen, Mark E ^a   Sengupta, Kishore ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agents; Artificial intelligence; Behavioral decision theory; Computer aided decision making; Human performance; Procurement; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL DECISION THEORY; COMPUTER-AIDED DECISION MAKING; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; PROCUREMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 33845406559     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148721     Document Type: Article

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