Buy An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Science, Technology & Agriculture > Civil engineering, surveying and building > An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers
An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers

An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

This dissertation, "An Agent-based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers" by Wentao, Li, 李文濤, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled An agent-based negotiation model for the sourcing of construction suppliers Submitted by LI Wentao for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in March 2008 Bidding is a critical decision process as it would determine whether a contractor can win a construction contract at a reasonable profit margin. Among various factors affecting the bidding decisions, the selection of suitable suppliers for the provision of various construction materials is one of the most important aspects in ensuring bid and project success. Because of the shortage of time at the bidding stage, the negotiation with suppliers is normally carried out in a crude and unstructured manner, and the terms and prices for material supply could be far from ideal. Although many researchers have proposed mathematical programming models to facilitate the sourcing decisions, these models are static and do not take the qualitative and quantitative factors into consideration very well. These models, therefore, cannot respond to the dynamic market conditions well enough. Automated negotiation using the Multi-Agent System (MAS) concept can reduce the response time and maximize the expected profit should a suitable negotiation model be designed. The agent technology is suitable to the supplier sourcing, not only because it can facilitate a series of agents mimicking the participants involving in the negotiation process to achieve their goals in the real world, but also the MAS matches the fragmented nature of the construction industry. This thesis describes the work of design of an agent-based negotiation model for the sourcing of construction suppliers. In this study, a literature review was first carried out to investigate the existing tools in supplier selection as well as selection criteria adopted by decision makers in construction industry. Then based on the design of a new parallel bargaining protocol, a conceptual negotiation model is designed while thoroughly studying the characteristics and problems existing in the sourcing of construction suppliers. The Zeuthen's concession strategy was adopted as the risk evaluation strategy in the negotiation model. Bayesian learning model has been integrated into the whole negotiation model to improve the efficiency. A prototype was built using JADE agent building toolkit based on Java. Finally the model is assessed using the prototype and Face validation to evaluate the quality of the designed model. Results of the assessment show that this model can improve the efficiency of the negotiation to reach the win-win goal, as well as it can significantly improve the transparency. Furthermore, the results have showed that this model can also be utilized in the multi-attribute decision problem in a distributed environment such as supply chain scheduling, concurrent engineering and so on. This study has also proved the importance of a comprehensive study of negotiation model for the construction supplier sourcing. (An abstract of exactly 425 words) DOI: 10.5353/th_b3963395 Subjects: Letting of contracts Negotiation in business Construction industry - Cost control


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781361429044
  • Publisher: Open Dissertation Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Open Dissertation Press
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 274
  • Weight: 640 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1361429046
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 216 mm


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers
Open Dissertation Press -
An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

An Agent-Based Negotiation Model for the Sourcing of Construction Suppliers

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!