AN APPROACH OF AGENT-BASED DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION FOR SUPPLY CHAINS: NEGOTIATION PROTOCOLS BETWEEN COLLABORATIVE AGENTS

El Habib Nfaoui (1, 2) , Yacine Ouzrout (1) , Omar El Beqqali (2) , Abdelaziz Bouras (1)

1 LIESP - Laboratoire d'Informatique pour l'Entreprise et les Systèmes de Production
2 GRMS2I - Groupe de Recherche en Modélisation et Ingénieries des Systèmes d'Informations

The modeling languages of multi-agent systems are recently developing, mainly AUML (Agent Unified Modeling Language). This paper presents modeling work based on the AUML language for distributed architecture of simulation and decision-making in the supply chain. The environment of supply chain is rich in negotiation protocols; we propose and model with AUML some exchange and negotiation protocols for agents within the supply chain context. We show through an example that AUML language could be used for specifying and modeling real-world agent-based applications.

Mots clés: Modeling; Negotiation Protocols; Multi-Agent Systems; Supply Chain Management; Distributed and Proactive Simulation; Agent-UML; Modeling.

Domaines: Modélisation et simulation

El Habib Nfaoui, Yacine Ouzrout, Omar El Beqqali, Abdelaziz Bouras. AN APPROACH OF AGENT-BASED DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION FOR SUPPLY CHAINS: NEGOTIATION PROTOCOLS BETWEEN COLLABORATIVE AGENTS. The 20th annual European Simulation and Modelling Conference (2006), Oct 2006, Toulouse, France. pp.290-295. ⟨hal-00196864⟩