[1] Bai Shizhen, Zheng Xiaojing,. Emergence as a process of resources flowing in supply chain system [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2007, 23 (2): 302-308. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2007.02.030]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

23

Issue:

2007 2

Page:

302-308

Research Field:

Economy and Management

Publishing date:

2007-06-30

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Title:

Emergence as a process of resources flowing in supply chain system

Author(s):

Bai Shizhen¹;  2;  Zheng Xiaojing²

¹School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
²College of Logistics, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150076, China

Keywords:

resources flow;  agent;  simulation

PACS:

N941.4

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2007.02.030

Abstract:

To accurately describe the resource values that agents possess in the complex supply chain system which is a result of the interaction among the agents and to make correct decisions regarding quantity, time and place of the resources, the characteristics of the resource values in the supply chain are analyzed.“Chromosome” is used to express a resource value in the supply chain, and eight random numbers are used to integrate the resources.The if-then rules and correlation chance constrained programming in the resource supply-distribution model are set up and they are used in a three-tiered-echo model which can describe the kinds of interactive behavior of the agents in the supply chain system.Simulation is done in the platform of Swarm with a genetic algorithm.The results show that the resources in the supply chain complex adaptive system are an organic whole that cannot be separated. The three-tiered-echo model can accurately describe the interaction of resource flows of agents in the supply chain system.The system can attain optimization by utilizing the resources in the supply chain if the agents in the system cooperate, compete and distribute resources according to this model.

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Memo:

Biography: Bai Shizhen(1962—), male, graduate, professor, baishzh@hrbcu.edu.cn.

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