Designing an electronic auction market for complex 'smart parts' logistics: Options based on LeBaron's computational stock market

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 476-494

  McKelvey, Bill ^a   Wycisk, Christine ^b   Hülsmann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Electronic auction market; I C technologies; Neural networks; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LOGISTICS; ADAPTIVITY; AGENT BASED; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; COMPLEXITY THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL MARKET; DESIGN OPTION; ELECTRONIC AUCTION; ELECTRONIC AUCTION MARKET; LEARNING ABILITIES; LOGISTICS SYSTEM; MARKET MODEL; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; SELF ORGANIZING; SMART PARTS; STOCK MARKET; TRANSPORTATION MARKETS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; LOGISTICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 67749120206     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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