Mathematical statistics (4th ed.)
Mathematical statistics (4th ed.)
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Is it an Agent, or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents
ECAI '96 Proceedings of the Workshop on Intelligent Agents III, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
Supply Chain Management models for Industrial Districts: an Agent-Based Simulation study
International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications
Users matter: a multi-agent systems model of high performance computing cluster users
MABS'04 Proceedings of the 2004 international conference on Multi-Agent and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation
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In this paper we present a Multi-Agent simulation model to investigate purchasing activities in an organizational environment. Starting point is the observation that the majority of purchasing activities in organizations is usually performed without any involvement of the organization's purchasing department. The purpose of the experiments is to investigate if and how certain factors determine the degree to which Purchasing professionals become involved in the purchasing of Non-Product Related (NPR) items and services. Among the factors investigated are: corporate purchasing policies, available information, and the nature of the various purchasing activities. Preliminary results show that the behavior of the multi-agent simulation model is an acceptable representation of reality. Furthermore, the results show the limits of a Purchasing department's added value and the important role of organizational learning in that respect. The paper provides directions for further research.