A life-cycle-oriented agent-based negotiation framework for supply chain management

Author

Xin, Ye ; Fang, Fang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. & Decision Technol., Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 June 2008

Firstpage

2115

Lastpage

2120

Abstract

A new and original agent-based approach for automating buyer-seller negotiations in supply chain management (SCM) is presented in this paper. A life-cycle-oriented agent-based negotiation framework (LCOABN) is designed and implemented to support an entire negotiation life cycle. The proposed multi-agent system consists of 3 sub-systems: case-based preference (strategy) elicitation system, mobile agent-based bargaining system and negotiation experience mining system. They are designed to realize the tasks of three negotiation phases: pre-bargaining phase, bargaining phase and post-bargaining phase. Experimental results show that the overall performance of the proposed system is improved greatly with the introduction of the three-phase negotiation life cycle.

Keywords

case-based reasoning; data mining; mobile agents; negotiation support systems; supply chain management; buyer-seller negotiations; case-based preference elicitation system; life-cycle-oriented agent-based negotiation framework; mobile agent-based bargaining system; multiagent system; negotiation experience mining system; supply chain management; Automation; Fuzzy systems; Humans; Intelligent agent; Intelligent control; Manufacturing processes; Multiagent systems; Protocols; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Agent; Buyer-Seller negotiation; Negotiation life cycle; Supply chain management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Control and Automation, 2008. WCICA 2008. 7th World Congress on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2113-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2114-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCICA.2008.4593250

Filename

4593250