Structure of Intelligent Agent-Based Evaluation Module in Distributed Supply Network Coordination

Author

Soroor, Javad ; Tarokh, Mohammad J. ; Sajjadi, Sara

Author_Institution

Ind. Eng. Fac., K.N. Toosi Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

329

Abstract

The article proposes a hybrid model to be applied by evaluation agents to pick the best supplier bid(s) in real-time supply network coordination. Softbots act without direct human intervention and make use of three powerful techniques of fuzzy logic, quality function deployment and analytical hierarchical process to evaluate and select the best alternative(s). Suppliers are ranked based on both voice of customer and technical requirements via an online bidding system. The resulting evaluation engine is embedded in an integrated total system for supply chain coordination. The mechanism is verified in theory and practice and has been implemented in real-world cases.

Keywords

decision making; electronic commerce; fuzzy logic; multi-agent systems; real-time systems; software agents; supply chain management; ubiquitous computing; Softbots; analytical hierarchical process; customer voice; distributed supply network coordination; evaluation engine; fuzzy logic; integrated total system; intelligent agent-based evaluation module; online bidding system; quality function deployment; real-time supply network coordination; supplier bid; supply chain coordination; technical requirement; Cascading style sheets; Companies; Correlation; Decision support systems; Indexes; Quality function deployment; Vectors; Autonomous agents; Coordination system; Fuzzy decision making; Quality; Real-time algorithm; Supplier selection; Ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developments in E-systems Engineering (DeSE), 2011

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2186-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DeSE.2011.103

Filename

6150001