TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schuldt,Arne
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Multiagent Coordination Enabling Autonomous Logistics
SN  - 9783642200922
AV  - TA177.4-185 
U1  - 658.5 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Engineering economy
KW  - Management information systems
KW  - Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
KW  - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
KW  - Business Information Systems
N1  - Part I Logistics Requirements -- Introduction -- Supply Network Management -- Autonomous Control in Logistics -- Part II Multiagent-Based Approach -- Agent Technology -- Potential for Cooperation in Autonomous Logistics -- Team Formation in Autonomous Logistics -- Team Action in Autonomous Logistics -- Part III Application and Evaluation -- Implementing Autonomous Logistics -- A Case Study in Container Logistics -- Transition to Autonomous Logistics -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Index
N2  - This book describes the implementation of autonomous control with multiagent technology. Therewith, it tackles the challenges of supply network management caused by the complexity, the dynamics, and the distribution of logistics processes. The paradigm of autonomous logistics reduces the computational complexity and copes with the dynamics locally by delegating process control to the participating objects. As an example, shipping containers may themselves plan and schedule their way through logistics networks in accordance with objectives imposed by their owners. The technologies enabling autonomous logistics are thoroughly described and reviewed. The presented solution has been used in a realistic simulation of real-world container logistics processes. The validation shows that autonomous control is feasible and that it outperforms the previous centralised dispatching approach by significantly increasing the resource utilisation efficiency. Moreover, the multiagent system relieves human dispatchers from dealing with standard cases, giving them more time to solve exceptional cases appropriately
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