Partner Selection in Virtual Enterprises by Using Ant Colony Optimization in Combination with the Analytical Hierarchy Process

Marco Fischer¹, Hendrik Jähn¹, and Tobias Teich²

¹Chemnitz University of Technology
09107 Chemnitz, Germany
marco.fischer@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/bwl7/

²The University of WestSaxony at Zwickau
PSF 201037
08012 Zwickau, Germany

Abstract. Within the scope of the collaborative research centre "Non-hierarchical regional production networks" at Chemnitz University of Technology, a virtual enterprise model is developed. This is based on very small performance units - the competence cells (CCs). The precondition of the efficient and thereby competitive operation of those networks is a network controlling for objectively selecting the best suitable CCs for every order. This problem gains complexity because the manufacture of a product can be carried through in different ways.

LNCS 2724, p. 2398 ff.

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