Towards a Multi-Agent System Architecture for Supply Chain Management

TL;DR

This paper proposes a multi-agent system architecture to enhance supply chain management in distributed, e-commerce environments, supporting interoperability and collaborative strategies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel multi-agent system architecture tailored for supply chain management with a focus on distributed, collaborative, and interoperable solutions.

Findings

Developed a multi-agent system architecture for supply chains

Implemented a collaborative agent demonstrating system capabilities

Supports various interfaces for interoperability

Abstract

Individual business processes have been changing since the Internet was created, and they are now oriented towards a more distributed and collaborative business model, in an e-commerce environment that adapts itself to the competitive and changing market conditions. This paper presents a multi-agent system architecture for supply chain management, which explores different strategies and offers solutions in a distributed e-commerce environment. The system is designed to support different types of interfaces, which allow interoperating with other business models already developed. In order to show how the entire multi-agent system is being developed, the implementation of a collaborative agent is presented and explained.