A multi-agent approach for supply chain management using ant colony optimization

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Silva, CA [1 ]
Sousa, JMC [1 ]
da Costa, JMGS [1 ]
Runkler, TA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Inst Super Tecn, Dept Mech Engn, GCAR,IDMEC, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal
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supply-chain management; multi-agent systems; ant colony optimization;
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
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摘要
Distributed systems like supply chains call be efficiently managed by multi-agent approaches. However the control of each sub-system in a supply chain is a complex optimization problem where optimal performance call be achieved using meta-heuristics. This paper presents a new methodology for supply chain management, a distributed optimization using ant colonies, where the concepts of agents and ant colony optimization are merged, using the pheromone matrix as communication platform. This paper formalizes this methodology, using as all example a supply chain with logistic, supplying and distribution sub-systems.
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页码:1938 / 1943
页数:6
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