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Strategic change stemming from e‐commerce: implications of multi‐agent systems on the supply chain
Author(s) -
Cohen Marcel,
Stathis Kostas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
strategic change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1099-1697
pISSN - 1086-1718
DOI - 10.1002/jsc.524
Subject(s) - supply chain , computer science , information system , e commerce , process management , software agent , business , industrial organization , risk analysis (engineering) , marketing , artificial intelligence , engineering , world wide web , electrical engineering
AbstractElectronic commerce (e‐commerce) raises a number of interesting business and technical issues. This paper addresses one important combination of business and technical issues — the implications of multi‐agent systems on the supply chain. Multi‐agent systems give rise to a new approach of developing information systems where problems of various forms, ranging from complex computational tasks to a requirement of specific information, are solved by those software components best suited to do so. The operational and strategic consequences of multi‐agent systems are examined. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.