Title :
Study on partner selection of the agile supply chain based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
Author :
Chen Qi ; Hou Shuping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Eng., Tianjin Univ. of Commerce, Tianjin
Abstract :
Based on the principal-agent theory, the relationship between the supplier and the retailer was studied. On the basis of different cognition in natural state, it discusses the impact of the optimal contract, and analyzes a optimal contract model that consider the negative utility of the agent. Through analysis the relationship between an incentive compensation coefficient and the estimate of the natural state of the principal and the agent, the meaningful economics conclusions are gained.
Keywords :
economics; optimisation; state estimation; supply chains; incentive compensation coefficient; natural state estimation; natural state uncertainty optimal model; negative utility; optimal contract model; principal-agent theory; retailer; supplier; supply chain; Automation; Business; Cognition; Contracts; Logistics; Marketing and sales; State estimation; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Uncertainty; model; natural state uncertainty; principal-agent; supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
Automation and Logistics, 2008. ICAL 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2502-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2503-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICAL.2008.4636366
