A new approach to solve supply chain management problem by integrating multi-agent technology and constraint network

Yung, S.K.; Yang, Christopher C.

doi:10.1109/hicss.1999.772926

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“…And multi-agent technology combined with the Internet and constraint networks have been used to provide methods for dealing with unanticipated supply chain fluctuations (Yung and Yang, 1999). Intelligent agents in the context of distributed computing environments must address emerging research aspects including the dynamic evolution of web sources and the need for new measurement constructs to assess performance, uncertainty and return on investment (March, Hevner, and Ram, 2000).…”

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Database Schema Design for a Web Services Supply Chain Manager: Requirements and Proposed Infrastructure

2005

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Web services enable the commoditization of computer code components for distributed system execution in crossorganizational platforms via the Internet. At any point in time, the state of a set of composite applications and the web services they are consuming constitutes an instance of a new type of dynamic software supply chain. Proper management of what we refer to as this "web services supply chain" requires seamlessly integrated and automated B2B relationships with responsibilities for procurement, performance monitoring, benchmarking, cost allocation and ongoing relationship maintenance requiring new hybrid organizational infrastructure constructs. To cope with the increased complexity of managing this dynamic supply chain, we elaborate requirements and propose an exemplar database schema design with web-scripts as a means for prespecifying and monitoring organizationally approved patterns of web service invocations. The database research challenges associated with long-running transactions are discussed in our schema design, including reflections of the realities associated with web-script failure, variable quality-of-service (QoS) levels, the share-ability of web-scripts between organizational business processes, the need for continuous updating of web-scripts by agents (human or automated), and the scalability of designs to accommodate evolutionary change.

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Database Schema Design for a Web Services Supply Chain Manager: Requirements and Proposed Infrastructure

2005

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“…Presently the prevailing opinion is that an agent must exhibit three important general characteristics: autonomy, adaptation, and cooperation [8,12,13]. Autonomy means that agents have their own agenda of goals and exhibit goaldirected behaviour.…”

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Study on multi-agent-based agile supply chain management

Lou

Zhou

Chen

et al. 2004

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

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In a worldwide network of suppliers, factories, warehouses, distribution centres and retailers, the supply chain plays a very important role in the acquisition, transformation, and delivery of raw materials and products. One of the most important characteristics of agile supply chain is the ability to reconfigure dynamically and quickly according to demand changes in the market. In this paper, concepts and characteristics of an agile supply chain are discussed and the agile supply chain is regarded as one of the pivotal technologies of agile manufacture based on dynamic alliance. Also, the importance of coordination in supply chain is emphasised and a general architecture of agile supply chain management is presented based on a multi-agent theory, in which the supply chain is managed by a set of intelligent agents for one or more activities. The supply chain management system functions are to coordinate its agents. Agent functionalities and responsibilities are defined respectively, and a contract net protocol joint with case-based reasoning for coordination and an algorithm for task allocation is presented.

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“…In supply chain management, Yung and Yang [28] proposed the integration of multiagent technology and constraint network for solving supply chain management problems. Yan, Yen, and Bui [29] developed a multiagent-based negotiation support system for distributed electric power transmission cost allocation based on a network flow model and KQML.…”

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A multiagent supply chain planning and coordination architecture

Fung

Tsiushuang

2004

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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A supply chain is a worldwide network of suppliers, manufactures, warehouses, distribution centers and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed and delivered to customers. In recent years, a new system approach for managing the supply chain at the tactical and operational levels has emerged. It views a supply chain as composed of a set of intelligent (software) agents, who are responsible for one or more activities and interacting with other related agents in planning and executing their responsibilities. This paper presents a multiagent architecture of supply chain integration. Agents coordination using extended contract net protocol is discussed. Two types of bidding approaches, i.e., the customizing-type and webbing-type are introduced into the multiagent supply chain system. Finally, a heuristics and two programming models for the planning and coordination of demand-driven supply chains are suggested.

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A new approach to solve supply chain management problem by integrating multi-agent technology and constraint network

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

Database Schema Design for a Web Services Supply Chain Manager: Requirements and Proposed Infrastructure

Database Schema Design for a Web Services Supply Chain Manager: Requirements and Proposed Infrastructure

Study on multi-agent-based agile supply chain management

A multiagent supply chain planning and coordination architecture

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