DocumentCode :
2550439
Title :
Dynamic business process formation by integrating simulated and physical agent systems
Author :
Lin, Fu-Ren ; Lin, Shyh-ming ; Hsueh, Po-win
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
fYear :
2004
fDate :
5-8 Jan. 2004
Abstract :
This paper proposes a new framework that integrates simulated and physical agents to provide an efficient way for companies to form supply chains dynamically. In this integrated framework, physical agents coordinate with inter-organizational physical agents to conduct business processes whereas simulated agents model and analyze business processes to support physical agents in making rational decisions under uncertain situation and with incomplete information. This paper surveys different techniques used for dynamic process coordination and explains how the proposed integrated framework can be used by companies to reach a commonly accepted goal in dynamic supply chains. This paper also elaborates the efficient supply chain formation using a business process example of the mold industry, and finally discusses the development issues of this framework and future research directions.
Keywords :
business process re-engineering; software agents; supply chain management; business process analysis; decision making; dynamic business process formation; dynamic process coordination; dynamic supply chain; interorganizational physical agent; simulated agent system; supply chain formation; Analytical models; Companies; Decision making; Environmental economics; Information management; Information processing; Information technology; Internet; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2004. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2056-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265205
Filename :
1265205
Link To Document :
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