Managing dynamic flows in production chains through self-organization

Salima Hassas

LIRIS-CNRS Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France

In this work, we are interested in modeling a production chain following the perspective of complex adaptive system. We propose an approach, allowing a production chain to manage by itself, its own behavior, so as to satisfy the constraints imposed upon it by its environment and reach a set of predefined objectives. We propose self-organization as a mechanism, to achieve such a goal.