Agent-based modeling to support operations management in a multi-plant enterprise

Author

Behdani, B. ; Lukszo, Z. ; Adhitya, A. ; Srinivasan, Rajagopalan

Author_Institution

Fac. of Technol., Policy & Manage., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delf

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 March 2009

Firstpage

323

Lastpage

328

Abstract

A global industrial enterprise is a complex network of different distributed production plants producing, handling, and distributing specific products. Agent-based modeling is a proven approach for modeling complex networks of intelligent and distributed actors. In this paper we will demonstrate how an agent-based model can be used to evaluate the dynamic behavior of a global enterprise, considering both the system-level performance as well as the components´ behavior. Such quantitative model can be very useful for predicting the effects of local and operational activities on plant performance and improving the tactical and strategic decision-making at the enterprise level.

Keywords

decision making; industrial plants; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; production management; agent-based modeling; component behavior; distributed actors; distributed production plants; dynamic behavior; enterprise level decision-making; industrial enterprise; intelligent actors; multiplant enterprise; operational activities; operations management; plant performance; strategic decision-making; tactical decision-making; Companies; Complex networks; Conference management; Costs; Decision making; Enterprise resource planning; Inventory management; Optimal control; Production; Quality management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking, Sensing and Control, 2009. ICNSC '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Okayama

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3491-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3492-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSC.2009.4919295

Filename

4919295