A multi-agent approach for the capacity allocation problem

被引:39
作者
Brandolese, A [1 ]
Brun, A [1 ]
Portioli-Staudacher, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Econ & Prod, I-20133 Milan, Italy
关键词
capacity allocation; multi-agent systems; distributed systems; negotiation;
D O I
10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00004-9
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This paper proposes a new approach for the problem of allocating production capacity to multiple requirements, based on the Multi-Agents paradigm. The proposed system is a distributed, decentralised system that presents many advantages over the traditional centralised algorithms. Among the others it is more flexible, more reactive, and easily understandable. Moreover, a prototype of personal digital assistant is described. Such an assistant is able to support distributed decision-making in companies where several product lines compete for the same resources, in a contest of swiftly changing and scarcely foreseeable demand. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:269 / 285
页数:17
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