A message-driving formalism for modeling and simulation of multi-agent supply chain systems

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-399

  Tan, Wenzhe ^a   Chai, Yueting ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

message driving formalism; modeling and simulation; multi agent system; parallel discrete event simulation; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; MESSAGE-DRIVING FORMALISM; MODELING AND SIMULATION; PARALLEL DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL OPERATIONS; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SHARED VARIABLES; SIMULATION CREDIBILITIES; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION TIME; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS;

CHAINS; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 82855172300     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-011-5182-x     Document Type: Article

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