Sensible agents in supply chain management: An example highlighting procurement and production decisions

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 709-717

  Barber, K S ^a   Martin, C E ^a   Han, D ^a   Liu, T H ^a   McKay, R M ^a   Kim, J ^a   Goei, A ^a  

^a University of Texa   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustable Autonomy; Agent Based Manufacturing; Multi Agent Systems

Indexed keywords

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TESTBEDS;

AGENT BASED TECHNOLOGIES; AGENT BEHAVIOR; AUTONOMY LEVELS; DYNAMIC NATURE; DYNAMIC-ADAPTIVE; FLEXIBLE AGENTS; PRODUCTION DECISIONS; SYSTEM OPERATION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 84959056772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/CIE-9078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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