AN AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR DISTRIBUTED PROJECT SCHEDULING IN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH PARTIAL INFORMATION SHARING

Hanlin Zhang, Guorui Jiang, Tiyun Huang

2010

Abstract

This paper focuses on the optimization problem of distributed project scheduling in the supply chain network which is made up of order manager, service brokers and service suppliers. Based on the initial scheduling by bids of service brokers, we present a heuristic approach with agent negotiation mechanism for the problem. The approach seeks optimal schedule by distributed negotiations, which apply the agent negotiation mechanism and share limited information, between order manager and brokers. Computational experiments show the approach is effective with good optimization performance.

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Zhang H., Jiang G. and Huang T. (2010). AN AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR DISTRIBUTED PROJECT SCHEDULING IN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH PARTIAL INFORMATION SHARING . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-674-021-4, pages 603-606. DOI: 10.5220/0002727806030606


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart10,
author={Hanlin Zhang and Guorui Jiang and Tiyun Huang},
title={AN AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR DISTRIBUTED PROJECT SCHEDULING IN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH PARTIAL INFORMATION SHARING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2010},
pages={603-606},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002727806030606},
isbn={978-989-674-021-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - AN AGENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR DISTRIBUTED PROJECT SCHEDULING IN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH PARTIAL INFORMATION SHARING
SN - 978-989-674-021-4
AU - Zhang H.
AU - Jiang G.
AU - Huang T.
PY - 2010
SP - 603
EP - 606
DO - 10.5220/0002727806030606