Title :
A new diamond shape architecture based on multi agents for supply chain in an uncertain environment
Author :
Zarandi, M.H.F. ; Bahrami, B. ; Turksan, I.B.
Author_Institution :
Knowledge Intell. Syst. Lab., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper illustrates a new diamond shape architecture based on multi agents for supply chain in an uncertain environment. There are many situations in which a convincing answer to a query cannot be found in the supply chain of a company such as disruptions or sanctions, etc. Thus there is a need of connection between different supply chains of different companies in a particular industry. The proposed architecture addresses a Meta information agent as the core of the architecture in order to connect information agents of various supply chains in a same industry and keep information flowing through them. The brokering method has been used to establish this connection. Fuzzy query approach is considered to tackle uncertainty problems. The results show that our proposed approach is more reliable than other architectures and can increase the flexibility and responsiveness of a supply chain.
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; query processing; supply chain management; brokering method; diamond shape architecture; fuzzy query approach; manufacturing technologies; meta information agent; multiagents; supply chain management; uncertain environment; Companies; Computer architecture; Diamonds; Industries; Shape; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Diamond shape architecture; Fuzzy Queries; Meta information agent; Multi-Agent System; Supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
IFSA World Congress and NAFIPS Annual Meeting (IFSA/NAFIPS), 2013 Joint
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, AB
DOI :
10.1109/IFSA-NAFIPS.2013.6608536