Work place: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
E-mail: kumar.avadh@gmail.com
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9469-9611
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Biography
Avadhesh Kumar is PVC at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than 22 years of Academic and Research Experience. He was awarded Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering in 2010 from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India. He did his M. Tech. in Information Technology and B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), Kanpur, UP, India. His Research Area includes Software Engineering, Aspect-Oriented Software Systems, Component-Based Software Development, Soft Computing, and Artificial Intelligence. He has published more than 40 Research papers in reputed Journals and conferences. He has authored 4 books. He is Reviewer of many International Journals and Conferences. He has been Keynote Speaker in many International Conferences.
By Rajbala Pawan Kumar Singh Nain Avadhesh Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijwmt.2026.01.05, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2026
Global supply chains are increasingly characterized by complexity, uncertainty, and vulnerability to disruptions, creating a pressing need for intelligent, adaptive systems that support decentralized decision-making and real-time control. This paper develops a new framework that integrates Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) with Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) to address these challenges. The model leverages autonomous agents representing suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and coordinators that negotiate through defined protocols while embedding CBR mechanisms to retrieve and adapt historical supply chain cases for enhanced responsiveness. An optimization layer, guided by both agent heuristics and case-driven initial solutions, targets key objectives such as cost minimization, lead-time reduction, and resilience improvement. Simulation experiments were conducted under both static and dynamid environments with disruptions including supplier failures and demand fluctuations. Results demonstrate that the proposed framework achieves convergence up to 34- 41% faster than heuristic-only baselines (p<0.05) and sustains solution quality with supply chain sizes increasing from 50 to 500 agents, indicating near-linear scalability. Comparative analysis further highlights adaptability in dynamic contexts and robustness under uncertainty. A case study illustrates practical deployment and validates its effectiveness. The findings provide evidence of a powerful synergy between MAS and CBR, with implications for next-generation supply chain intelligence.
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