An ontology based approach to organize multi-agent assisted supply chain negotiations

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-15

  Wang, Gong ^a   Wong, T N ^a   Wang, Xiaohuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Inference rules; Multi agent system; Negotiation; Ontology; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ADAPTIVE NEGOTIATION; INFERENCE RULES; KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION; NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; NEGOTIATION SCHEMES; STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS (SCM);

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 84879689099     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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