This paper introduces TacTex-03, an agent designed to participate in the Trading Agent Competition Supply Chain Management Scenario (TAC SCM). As specified by this scenario, TacTex-03 acts as a simulated computer manufacturer in charge of buying components such as chips and motherboards, manufacturing different types of computers, and selling them to customers. TacTex-03 was the top scorer in two of the preliminary rounds of the 2003 TAC SCM competition, and finished in 3rd place in the finals.

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SIGecom Exchanges: Special Issue on Trading Agent Design and Analysis, 4(3):19-28, Winter 2004.

@article{SIGecom04, title={TacTex-03: A Supply Chain Management Agent}, author={David Pardoe and Peter Stone}, volume={4}, journal={SIGecom Exchanges: Special Issue on Trading Agent Design and Analysis}, number={3}, month={Winter}, pages={19-28}, url="http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/?SIGecom04", year={2004} }