Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Inventory Disruption Management in Supply Chain

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maroua Kessentini ◽  
Narjes Bellamine Ben Saoud ◽  
Sami Sboui
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Disruption Management ◽  
Agent Based

Influence of the Chinese Government Subsidy Policies on Supply Chain Members’ Profits: An Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-632
Author(s):  
Ran Zhang ◽  
◽  
Jie Lin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Government Subsidy ◽  
Demand Model ◽  
Profit Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The Impact

The series of subsidy policies launched by the Chinese government has affected supply chain members’ profits distribution. To explore this influence, an agent-based model was designed, and experiments were conducted under different subsidy levels. Our model focused on the ordinary business entities and their activities in the supply chain. By investigating the real world and other researchers’ studies, agent simulation class library (e.g., control agents, cooperation/collaboration agents, and fractal simulation agents) and their decision knowledge bases were designed to simulate the supply chain members’ behaviors, decision processes, and operation and production activities and behaviors. Price model, demand model and profit model under the subsidy were built to evaluate the supply chain members’ profits under different subsidy scenarios. Finally, a multi-echelon appliance supply chain model was constructed, and experiments were performed with different levels of subsidy limit. Results showed that the supply chain members’ profits increased under the government subsidy policy. The agent-based modeling and simulation method provides a novel approach to explore the impact on profit distribution.

Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation on Multi-Stage Supply Chain Operation

2011 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 3216-3220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Can Zhao ◽  
Xiao Dong Zhang ◽  
Shao Juan Lei ◽  
Jun Jiang Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Cooperative Behavior ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Individual Agent ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Behavior ◽  
Chain Operation ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Supply Chain Operation

Supply chain simulation is a fundamental approach for supply chain prediction, management, evaluation, and improvement. In order to simulate member behavior, organizational strategy, and management strategy of the supply chain, an agent-based modeling and simulation approach on multi-stage supply chain operation was proposed in this paper. First, the model structure of multi-stage supply chain operation was introduced. Then, the individual agent behavior model was emphatically studied, and hierarchical colored Petri-nets were used to describe the agent behavior process and cooperative behavior process. Finally, the model was validated using a series of simulation which focused on the agent inventory strategy.

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