Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics

Sander Van Der Putten; Valentin Robu; Han La Poutré; Annemiek Jorritsma; Margo Gal

doi:10.1145/1160633.1160926

Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics

Sander Van Der Putten, Valentin Robu, Han La Poutré, Annemiek Jorritsma, Margo Gal

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Abstract

This paper presents a case study for the application of agent-mediated negotiation techniques in transportation logistics. More specifically, we consider the interaction between several logistics service providers negotiating over the allocation of transportation orders. In this context, we show that automated negotiation techniques (especially multi-issue or multi-item negotiation) can bring significant advantages, by allowing parties to discover jointly profitable bundles (allocations) of orders. The model, evaluations and results reported in this paper concern the business processes of Vos Logistics, one of the largest European transportation logistic providers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, AAMAS 2006 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	1506-1513
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	1595933034, 9781595933034
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1160633.1160926
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), May 8–12, 2006, Hakodate, Japan - Hakodate, Japan Duration: 8 May 2006 → 12 May 2006

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Conference	5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), May 8–12, 2006, Hakodate, Japan
Abbreviated title	AAMAS 2006
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Hakodate
Period	8/05/06 → 12/05/06
Other	AAMAS 2006 Workshop, TADA/AMEC 2006, Hakodate, Japan

Keywords

Automated negotiation
Multi-agent systems
Supply chain management
Transportation logistics

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Van Der Putten, S., Robu, V., La Poutré, H., Jorritsma, A., & Gal, M. (2006). Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics. In Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, AAMAS 2006 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on (pp. 1506-1513). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/1160633.1160926

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Van Der Putten, S, Robu, V, La Poutré, H, Jorritsma, A & Gal, M 2006, Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics. in Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, AAMAS 2006 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 1506-1513, 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2006), May 8–12, 2006, Hakodate, Japan, Hakodate, Japan, 8/05/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/1160633.1160926

Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics. / Van Der Putten, Sander; Robu, Valentin; La Poutré, Han et al.
Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, AAMAS 2006 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2006. p. 1506-1513.

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Van Der Putten S, Robu V, La Poutré H, Jorritsma A, Gal M. Automating supply chain negotiations using autonomous agents: a case study in transportation logistics. In Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, AAMAS 2006 : Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2006. p. 1506-1513 doi: 10.1145/1160633.1160926

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