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International Workshop on Engineering Self-Organising Applications

ESOA 2003: Engineering Self-Organising Systems pp 139–156Cite as

A Holonic Self-Organization Approach to the Design of Emergent e-Logistics Infrastructures

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This paper presents first results for a theoretical foundation for emergency e-Logistics based on an extended FIPA-compliant layered multi-agent system architecture. The approach is based on the holonic paradigm proposed by A. Koestler in his attempt to create a model for self-organization in biological systems and proven by the HMS Consortium to be very useful for resource management and allocation in the manufacturing domain. We integrate the mechanism of emergence into the holonic paradigm encompassing both vertical and horizontal integration of resources in a distributed organization to enable the dynamic creation, refinement and optimization of flexible ad-hoc infrastructures for emergency e-logistics management.

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Alberta, Canada

    Mihaela Ulieru

  2. Institute for Computer Science and Busines Information Systems (ICB), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117, Essen, Germany

    Rainer Unland

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Ulieru, M., Unland, R. (2004). A Holonic Self-Organization Approach to the Design of Emergent e-Logistics Infrastructures. In: Di Marzo Serugendo, G., Karageorgos, A., Rana, O.F., Zambonelli, F. (eds) Engineering Self-Organising Systems. ESOA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2977. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24701-2_10

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