Model-Driven Development of Multi-Agent Based Collaborative Planning Concepts for Heterarchical Supply Chains

• Published in: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing pp. 153 - 164
• Main Authors: Hellingrath, Bernd, Küppers, Peer
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Collaborative Planning; Decentralized Coordination; Multi-Agent System Application; Multi-Agent System Modeling; Supply Chain Management
• ISBN: 9783642231803; 3642231802
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23181-0_15

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.