Modeling food supply chains using multi-agent simulation

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krejci, Caroline C ^a   Beamon, Benita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REQUIREMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; EARTH'S RESOURCES; EN-ROUTE; FOOD PRODUCTION; MULTI AGENT SIMULATION;

FOOD SUPPLY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84874738298     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2012.6465157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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