Normative agent-based simulation for supply chain planning

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-514

  Ferreira, L ^a   Borenstein, D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agent based modelling; artificial intelligence; planning; simulation; supply chain

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PLANNING;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; GENERIC SOLUTIONS; NORMATIVE AGENTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SIMULATION; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 79951661128     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.144     Document Type: Article

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