Mobile Agents in Supply Chain Management
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چکیده
Mobile agents are autonomous computer programs that can migrate from one network to another by resuming their same state of execution. This refers to the attribute values of the agent that helps it to determine what to do when it resumes execution at the remote host. At each host a process can be spawned which will provide a "black-box" view into that hosts information. This technology introduces a way to integrate and optimize global production and distribution in a supply chain. This paper will discuss the purpose of mobile agents and their use in designing and managing the supply chain.
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