Scamm-cpa: A supply chain agent-based modelling methodology that supports a collaborative planning process

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Volumn 19, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 99-120

  Hernández, Jorge E ^a   Alemany, M M E ^a   Lario, Francisco C ^a   Poler, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative operational planning (COP); Collaborative planning (CP); Distribution and supply chains and networks (DSC n); Literature review; Modelling methodology; Multi agent system (MAS); Supply chain management (SCM)

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EID: 77952676259     PISSN: 01215051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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