Analysis of cooperation and competition in flexible supply chain network based on multi-agent simulation

Author

Ding, Ping ; Ding, Husong ; He, Kun ; Zhang, Jin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Hefei Univ. of Technol., Hefei, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

908

Lastpage

912

Abstract

In this research, a multi-agent simulation model with the application of contract net protocol is developed to analyze the cooperation and competition in flexible supply chain networks and investigate the flexibility´s impact on the performance of these networks. And it is verified that the complex supply chain network economy such as industrial district stems partly from the flexible small-and-medium-sized firm subcontracting networks.

Keywords

multi-agent systems; small-to-medium enterprises; subcontracting; supply chains; multiagent simulation model; small-and-medium-sized firm subcontracting networks; supply chain network economy; Analytical models; Centralized control; Costs; Helium; Investments; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Performance analysis; Production; Supply chains; Flexible supply chain network; contract net protocol; cooperation and competition; multi-agent simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems, 2009. ICIS 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4754-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4738-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICISYS.2009.5358250

Filename

5358250