Designing a Successful Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management
OA Location
Author(s)
He, Minghua
Rogers, Alex
Luo, Xudong
Jennings, NR
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, the runner-up in the 2005 International Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the way in which our agent purchases components using a mixed procurement strategy (combining long and short term planning) and how it sets its prices according to the prevailing market situation and its own inventory level (because this adaptivity and flexibility are key to its success). We analyse our buying and selling strategies in the actual competition and in controlled experiments. Through this evaluation, we show that SouthamptonSCM performs well across a broad range of environments.
Date Issued
2006
Citation
2006, pp.1159-1166
Start Page
1159
End Page
1166
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/261967/
Source
Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-06)
Notes
Event Dates: 8-12 may 2006 keywords: agent mediated e-commerce; supply chain management
Publication Status
Unpublished