Multi-behavior agent model for planning in supply chains: An application to the lumber industry

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 664-679

  Forget, Pascal ^a   D'Amours, Sophie ^a   Frayret, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced planning system; Agent model; Agent based planning systems; Lumber industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CHAINS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; LUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGENT MODELING; AGENT-BASED; AGENT-BASED TECHNOLOGIES; COLLABORATION MECHANISMS; COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PLANNING; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; INTER ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LUMBER INDUSTRY; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; PLANNING AGENTS; PLANNING STRATEGIES; PLANNING SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING (SCP);

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 46749155865     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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