@INPROCEEDINGS{Schuldt2011b,
  author = {Schuldt, Arne},
  title = {{Multiagent Coordination Enabling Autonomous Logistics}},
  booktitle = {LogistikalsArbeitsfeldderZukunft},
  year = {2011},
  editor = {Schenk, Michael},
  address = {Magdeburg, Germany},
  month = {May25},
  publisher = {Fraunhofer Verlag},
  abstract = {Supply network management is a challenging task due to the complexity,
	the dynamics, and the distribution of logistics processes. Automated
	process control thus requires to reduce the computational complexity
	and to cope with the dynamics locally. The paradigm of autonomous
	logistics means that control of logistics processes is delegated
	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. This book
	describes the implementation of autonomous control with multiagent
	technology. The presented solution has been used in a realistic simulation
	of real-world container logistics processes. The validation shows
	that autonomous control is actually possible 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.},
  owner = {pmania},
  timestamp = {2012.11.06},
  url = {http://www.arne.schuldt.info/publications-gvrlog2011.html}
}