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A multi‐agent control scheme for a supply chain model
Author(s) -
Boccadoro Mauro,
Martinelli Francesco,
Valigi Paolo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
asian journal of control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1934-6093
pISSN - 1561-8625
DOI - 10.1002/asjc.25
Subject(s) - negotiation , constructive , bullwhip effect , supply chain , control (management) , computer science , convergence (economics) , scheme (mathematics) , revenue , reduction (mathematics) , microeconomics , operations research , risk analysis (engineering) , economics , supply chain management , business , artificial intelligence , engineering , mathematics , process (computing) , marketing , law , economic growth , operating system , geometry , mathematical analysis , political science , accounting
The reduction of the bullwhip effect on supply chain systems is generally achieved through the optimal choice of policies at the local level and also by setting some type of cooperation among the different agents of the system. Here, such constructive interaction is pursued by the introduction of a negotiation mechanism among neighboring sites, and according to revenues/costs directly related to the impact of the bullwhip effect on the performances of each site. The concept is demonstrated for a policy which is quite common in the supply chain literature. The results obtained show the convergence properties of the negotiation for particular disturbance signals, and give indications on how cooperating mechanisms can be devised on the basis of the proposed negotiation. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society