Supply chain optimization
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- means for identifying a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals;
means for identifying a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and
means for recommending one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and computer program product. The method includes identifying a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals; identifying a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and recommending one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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means for identifying a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals;
means for identifying a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and
means for recommending one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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identifying a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals;
identifying a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and
recommending one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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identify a player in a supply chain, the player having one or more goals;
identify a decision in the supply chain, the decision having a plurality of possible actions each representing one or more other players in the supply chain and each having a payoff corresponding to each goal; and
recommend one of the actions based on at least one of the historical behavior and commitments of the other players such that the payoffs are maximized for all players.
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