Title :
Ontology and multi-agent based decision support for enterprise bidding
Author :
Li, Yu ; Huang, Biqing ; Liu, Wenhuang ; Gou, Hongmei ; Wu, Cheng
Author_Institution :
State CIMS Eng. & Res. Center, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The paper discusses a decision support system (DSS) for bidding by manufacturing enterprises. It is based on a competence ontology, which can evaluate the competence of an enterprise, analyse its feasibility and prospective benefits, and optimize bids. The ontology of enterprise competence provides a terminology and micro-theory for the description of and reasoning about enterprise competence. The DSS adopts a scheduling system based on multi-agent negotiation, which estimates the time and cost to achieve the goal of inviting public bidding, and which provides an important basis for enterprise bidding decisions
Keywords :
contracts; costing; inference mechanisms; manufacturing data processing; multi-agent systems; negotiation support systems; optimisation; scheduling; DSS; bid optimization; competence ontology; cost estimation; decision support system; enterprise competence; feasibility analysis; manufacturing enterprise bidding; micro-theory; multi-agent negotiations; prospective benefits; public bidding; reasoning; scheduling system; terminology; time estimation; Computer integrated manufacturing; Costs; Decision support systems; Job shop scheduling; Modems; Ontologies; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Terminology; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.971958
