Abstract This research addresses distributed decisions for dynamic partnership reformation to enhance fairness and efficiency among collaborative networked enterprises (CNEs). The aim of this research is to investigate a new sharing protocol (SP) to control CNEs. Most CNE studies are designed under a centralized SP. However, centralized SPs appear to be unfeasible or inadequate due to enterprises’ operating environments and local objectives; therefore, each CNE requires a distributed decision-making mechanism. Furthermore, market globalization and competition necessitate rapid responses to market changes and give rise to two major concerns about CNEs: (1) how can collaborations be rendered re-configurable to dynamically capture and adapt to market patterns; and (2) how can the resources of all CNEs be utilized fairly among enterprises, ensuring mutual benefits? Therefore, Dynamic-Distributed Sharing Protocol ( D 2 S P ), which is inspired by the principles of Collaborative Control Theory and Contract Net Protocol, is proposed to address these concerns. The performance of D 2 S P is evaluated by comparing with (1) static-centralized SP, (2) static-distributed SP, and (3) dynamic-centralized SP. The experimental results show that D 2 S P performs at least equally or better than centralized and static SPs in terms of total profit, fairness, scalability, and communication overhead.

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协同网络中资源公平共享的动态分布式决策与共享协议

摘要 本研究涉及动态伙伴关系改革的分布式决策，以提高协作网络企业 (CNE) 之间的公平性和效率。本研究的目的是研究一种新的共享协议 (SP) 来控制 CNE。大多数 CNE 研究都是在集中式 SP 下设计的。但是，由于企业的运营环境和当地目标，集中式 SP 似乎不可行或不充分；因此，每个 CNE 都需要一个分布式决策机制。此外，市场全球化和竞争需要对市场变化做出快速反应，并引发了对 CNE 的两大担忧：(1) 如何使协作可重新配置以动态捕捉和适应市场模式；(2) 如何在企业之间公平地利用所有CNEs的资源，确保互惠互利？因此，受协同控制理论和合约网络协议的原理启发，提出了动态分布式共享协议（D 2 SP）来解决这些问题。通过与（1）静态集中式SP、（2）静态分布式SP和（3）动态集中式SP进行比较来评估D 2 SP的性能。实验结果表明，D 2 SP 在总利润、公平性、可扩展性和通信开销方面的表现至少与集中式和静态 SP 相同或更好。(2) 静态分布式 SP，以及 (3) 动态集中式 SP。实验结果表明，D 2 SP 在总利润、公平性、可扩展性和通信开销方面的表现至少与集中式和静态 SP 相同或更好。(2) 静态分布式 SP，以及 (3) 动态集中式 SP。实验结果表明，D 2 SP 在总利润、公平性、可扩展性和通信开销方面的表现至少与集中式和静态 SP 相同或更好。