Agent-assisted supply chain management: Analysis and lessons learned

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 274-284

  Groves, William ^a   Collins, John ^a   Gini, Maria ^a   Ketter, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Economic simulation; Key performance indicators; Software agents; Supply chain management; Trading Agent Competition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COMPLEX DECISION; ECONOMIC SIMULATION; FINISHED PRODUCTS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MARKET CONDITION; MARKET DYNAMICS; TRADING AGENT COMPETITION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84892370083     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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