Towards Supporting Collaborative Scheduling in Adaptive Supply Networks with Negotiation Agents

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to support collaborative scheduling in adaptive supply networks. Intelligent decision-making agents represent the interests of different suppliers and customers that independently participate in the network. The agents interact to dynamically select suppliers and build supply schedules. This interaction involves coordinated negotiation and the exchange of schedule proposals and supporting information. The final supply schedule can be composed of complementary supply schedules offered by several agents.