Supplier Selection System Based on Multi-Agent
Huang Ti-yun · Jisuanji gongcheng · 2008
The task of the first stage for the manufacture enterprise to stock by negotiation on the web is choosing suppliers.This paper focuses on the automation of supplier selecting by introducing Multi-Agent technology,presents the framework,evaluation system,evaluation method,functional structure of related agents and implements a prototype based on the designing of flow of the system.The manufacture Agent adoptes FIPA contract net protocol to obtain the offer from the suppliers,adoptes AHP to evaluate the suppliers and choose the suited ones.This method can select suppliers for negotiation automatically and help the manufacture to make initial quotation.