Computers play the beer game: can artificial agents manage supply chains?
Steven Orla KimbroughDong-Jun WuFang ZhongPublished in: Decis. Support Syst. (2002)
Keyphrases
- artificial agents
- supply chain
- game playing
- stackelberg game
- supply chain management
- intelligent agents
- artificial life
- imperfect information
- inventory management
- communicating agents
- bullwhip effect
- discrete event simulation
- game theory
- trading partners
- decision making
- inventory control
- service level
- customer demand
- lead time
- supplier selection
- nash equilibrium
- small and medium size
- trading agents
- genetic algorithm
- pricing mechanism