Some dynamic supply chain problems are instances of a class of distributed optimization problems that intelligent agents were made to address. Agents are thus a natural enabling technology for such problems. In this paper we describe the use of TAEMS agent technologies on a sterilized dynamic supply chain management problem.
['Thomas Wagner', 'Valerie Guralnik', 'John Phelps']
Software Agents: Enabling Dynamic Supply Chain Management for a Build to Order Product Line