Collaborative Planning in Multi-tier Supply Chains Supported by a Negotiation-Based Mechanism and Multi-agent System

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-269

  Hernández, Jorge E ^a   Mula, Josefa ^b   Poler, Raúl ^b   Lyons, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative planning; Multi agent systems; Multi level supply chain decision making; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893752442     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-013-9358-2     Document Type: Article

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