An approach of supplier selection based on multi-agents system

This paper describes an approach of supplier selection based on multi-agent system. In the supply chain, the suppliers are various, and the frequency of supply and demand is high. Our approach can make Buy-Agent find a suitable Supply-Agent. First, the method of the multilayer classification is adopted to organize and group the information about the suppliers and buyers rationally. Second, in order to increase the system efficiency, the buying information is grouped by the Manager-Agent. Then the evaluation mechanism is used to make the initial choice of the suppliers. Finally, the time negotiation mechanism is adopted not only to select the proper supplier but also to maximize the buyer's profit.