Abstract: The main aim of the research which partial results are presented in this paper is to develop full-blown reference model for creating simulation experiments supporting management of Extended Enterprises. Such framework can be used by modeler who would like to ask questions related to modeled business architecture in the context of managing part of the enterprise (e.g. supply chain) or the whole structure of Extended Enterprise. These questions may be answered with the use of computational analysis conducted with simulation model prepared according to proposed framework and simulation experiment process. The analysis may consider existing organization or the structure that is virtually designed and will be implemented after all characteristics are tuned. In order to facilitate the modeling process and reduce semantic gap between business architecture and model developed, agent orientation has been adopted as a modeling paradigm. Finally, the case study showing how the reference model may be used for analyzing the bullwhip effect in supply chain has been elaborated, and simulation experiment’s results visualized and interpreted.

Keywords: Agent Based Modeling and Simulation, Extended Enterprise Modeling, Supply Chain Management, Agent-Oriented? Computing.

ACM Classification Keywords: I. Computing Methodologies; I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence; Multi-Agent? Systems

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TOWARD THE REFERENCE MODEL FOR AGENT-BASED SIMULATION OF EXTENDED ENTERPRISES

Jakieła Jacek, Litwin Paweł, Olech Marcin

http://foibg.com/ibs_isc/ibs-20/ibs-20-p04.pdf