An agent-based solution for dynamic supply chain management

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1080-1104

  Podobnik, Vedran ^a   Petric, Ana ^a   Jezic, Gordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Electronic markets; Multi agent simulation; Software agents; Supply chain management; Trading agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949087658     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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