Optimal inventory control with sequential online auction in agriculture supply chain: an agent-based simulation optimisation approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2322-2338

  Huang, Jingsi ^a   Song, Jie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agriculture supply chain; budget allocation; inventory control; multi agent systems; online auction; simulation optimisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INVENTORY CONTROL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION MODELS; BUDGET ALLOCATION; COMPUTATION ACCURACY; INFORMATION INTERACTION; ONLINE AUCTIONS; SEQUENTIAL ONLINE AUCTIONS; SIMULATION OPTIMISATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85029461458     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1373203     Document Type: Article

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