Research on MAS-Based Supply Chain Resilience and Its Self-Organized Criticality

Liang Geng, Renbin Xiao and Xing Xu ()

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-14

Abstract:

Building resilient supply chain is an effective way to deal with uncertain risks. First, by analyzing the self-organization of supply chain, the supply chain resilience is described as a macroscopic property that generates from self-organizing behavior of each enterprise on the microlevel. Second, a MAS-based supply chain resilience model is established and its local fitness function, neighborhood structure, and interaction rules that are applicable to supply chain system are designed through viewing the enterprise as an agent. Finally, with the help of a case, we find that there is an agglomeration effect and a SOC characteristic in supply chain and the evolution of supply chain is controlled by parameters of MAS. Managers can control the supply chain within the resilient range and choose a good balance between interest and risk by controlling enterprises’ behavior.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/621341

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