The area intersecting supply chains management with multiagent systems has attracted in the last decade books, workshops, conferences, etc. Recently however, multiagent systems have became more formal borrowing from operations research, game theory and other facets from distributed decision making. The authors takes a close look at what has been done recently in the field of supply chain management using agent technology and more specifically multiagent systems. The book contains sixteen chapters organized in four main parts; Introductory Papers; Multiagent Based Supply Chain Modeling, Collaboration and Coordination Between Agents in a Supply Chain and Multiagent Based Supply Chain Management: Applications. This book is intended as reference material for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners alike who are interested in pursuing research and development in this area, and who need for that, a comprehensive view of the existing literature, and some ideas for future directions.

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Supply Chain Management and Multiagent Systems: An Overview.- eMarketplace Model: An Architecture for Collaborative Supply Chain Management and Integration.- Software Agents for Electronic Business: Opportunities and Challenges (2005 Re-mix).- Global Supply Chain Networks and Risk Management: A Multi-Agent Framework.- RedAgent: An Autonomous, Market-based Supply-Chain Management Agent for the Trading Agents Competition.- A Framework of Optimization Agent for Supply Chain Management.- Multi-Agent Modeling and Fuzzy Task Assignment for Real-Time Operation in a Supply Chain.- Multi-Agent based Supply Chain Modelling with Dynamic Environment.- Agent-Based Technological Framework for Dynamic Configuration of a Cooperative Supply Chain.- Design, Implementation and Test of Collaborative Strategies in the Supply Chain.- MAGNET: A Multi-Agent System using Auctions with Temporal and Precedence Constraints.- Incentive Compatible Supply Chain Auctions.- Supply Chain Coordination by Means of Automated Negotiations Between Autonomous Agents.- Business Process Support in a Seaport Automobile Terminal - a Multi-Agent Based Approach.- Commitment Based Sense-and-Respond Framework for Manufacturing Supply Chain.- A Multi-Agent Approach to Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry.