Abstract:

Contract mechanism is one of the fundamental methods of supply chain cooperative management， but the ability of enterprises to deal with it is limited. Especially under the appeal of the intelligent supply chain， dynamic and intelligent contract management represents the general trend. Contract is taken as the medium to discuss the behavior and ability between a human and a robot after introducing artificial intelligence（AI） into the supply chain.The newsvendor problem with one manufacturer and one retailer is considered and a human or a robot is used to make a wholesale price contract to build a classical model and an intelligent model. The meaning of this combination is to utilize deep reinforcement learning， construct a core algorithm in man-robot cooperation（“mechanism learning”， “behavior constraint”， and “feedback penalty”）， as well as provide the intelligent contract. Through carrying out three kinds of intelligent experiments named “behavior characteristic”， “cooperation ability” and “environment adaptation”， the research has three significant findings. The intelligent decision-making robot（IDMR） designed by man-robot cooperation can provide a supply chain contract. Depending on big data training， there is no need to share demand information. It is worthy to e that an intelligent contract shows the intention of a cooperative to improve system efficiency at the expense of individual（manufacturer） profit. It also has good adaptability to environmental changes and disturbances. On the one hand， this research inherits and develops the content of machine behavior， on the other hand， it is a novel method to forge an intelligent supply chain with the contract.

Key words: supply chain cooperative management, man-robot cooperation, intelligent contract