Title :
Material Procurement Based on the Multi-Agent System
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Logistics, Chongqing Jiaotong Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
An agent system, which is characterized by self-organization, self-maintain, independence and self-learning abilities, has the ability of communicating with each other among different computer platforms. Therefore, the agent technology, as a new solution to material procurement, is attempted to be applied. The paper analyzes and discusses this issue.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; multi-agent systems; procurement; agent technology; electronic commerce; material procurement; multiagent system; self-learning ability; self-organization ability; Artificial intelligence; Collaboration; Costs; Financial management; Human resource management; Information analysis; Logistics; Marketing and sales; Multiagent systems; Procurement;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4638-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4639-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5301293
