INTEGRATION ASPECTS OF AUTONOMOUS CONTROL IN EVENT LOGISTICS

Journal Title: Research in Logistics & Production - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue 1

Abstract

The disposition of rental articles constitutes a complex logistic problem. In general, those articles circulate in closed logistic systems and their order-oriented transport between different hubs within the network defines a variety of the Traveling-Salesman-Problem (TSP). As the complexity of this problem class grows with the number of parameters involved, resolving the TSP is a challenging task in daily business. This is especially the case in the field of event logistics, a business area, which extends the common problems related to rental articles with a dynamically changing logistic system. This paper addresses the application of methods from the field of autonomous control for the disposition of rental articles in event logistics with a special focus on the integration aspects. As information transparency is an indispensable requirement for the application of autonomous control, the provision of the corresponding hardware for identification, positioning and communication purposes is the first emphasis. The second is the design and integration of the related agent-based disposition software within the typical software landscape of a company. A small enterprise from the relevant business field serves as an example for the integration proceeding.

Authors and Affiliations

Florian Harjes, Bernd Scholz-Reiter

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Florian Harjes, Bernd Scholz-Reiter (2014). INTEGRATION ASPECTS OF AUTONOMOUS CONTROL IN EVENT LOGISTICS. Research in Logistics & Production, 0(1), 5-20. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-167834