Model-driven development of multi-agent based collaborative planning concepts for heterarchical supply chains

  • Authors:
  • Bernd Hellingrath;Peer Küppers

  • Affiliations:
  • WWU Münster, Münster, Germany;WWU Münster, Münster, Germany

  • Venue:
  • HoloMAS'11 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Industrial applications of holonic and multi-agent systems for manufacturing
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Decentralized coordination is of major importance in today's production and logistics networks and subject to current supply chain management (SCM) research. This paper presents a multi-agent based framework in this research context that allows modeling and evaluating decentralized coordination mechanisms in heterarchical supply chains. The motivation, idea and architecture of the framework are presented. A concrete application of this framework is demonstrated by means of modeling and evaluating a current approach to decentralized coordination from SCM research. The focus of the paper lies on the modeling component of the framework.