NDLI: Web community of agents for the integrated logistics of industrial districts

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Author	Dell'Orco, M. Giordano, R.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Polytech. Univ. of Bari, Taranto, Italy (Dell'Orco, M.; Giordano, R.)
Abstract	Industrial districts are characterized by the agglomeration of medium and small-sized industries, localized within a certain geographic area with precise social and cultural connotations. A crucial element of industrial districts is the existence of a wide immaterial flow of knowledge and information. In this sense, industrial districts seem to have a network shape, rather than a hierarchical one. The paper aims to rationalize transportation flow within industrial districts. In particular, it focuses on districts in the first stage of the evolution process; that is, when a lot of companies exist, with low specialized level and absent inter-firm cooperation. Therefore, the considered industrial districts are characterized by nonlinear mechanisms of interaction among a variety of entrepreneurs, each of them trying to reach their target by conflicting with others, increasing the complexity of the system under examination and making more difficult the strategies for material flow rationalization. In this situation, a system able to facilitate both the contacts among agents and the negotiation processes, that creates a community of agents in a district with rare or absent relationships among different companies represents the most adequate solution. The paper deals with the definition of a community of agents in a real situation, using communityware tools - Web electronic media that facilitate contact with collaborators who have similar interests and preferences, but do not know each other. To define the similarity concept, a fuzzy algorithm is proposed.
File Size	399486
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769518745
DOI	10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174195
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-01-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Logistics Road transportation Rail transportation Environmental economics Fuel economy Costs Pollution Cultural differences Global communication Shape
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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