Intelligent evaluation of supplier bids using a hybrid technique in distributed supply chains

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-252

  Soroor, Javad ^a   Tarokh, Mohammad J ^a   Khoshalhan, Farid ^a   Sajjadi, Sara ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agent based systems; Decentralized supply chain; Distributed coordination; Fuzzy hybrid method; Product supply chain; Supplier evaluation and selection; Ubiquitous control

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION; FUZZY HYBRID METHOD; PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAINS; SUPPLIER EVALUATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FUZZY LOGIC; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; RATING; RESEARCH; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 84858340427     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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