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Multiagent Coordination Enabling Autonomous Logistics

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Abstract

The autonomous logistics paradigm aims at decreasing the overall problem complexity of supply network management (Section 3.1). To this end, process control is delegated to the participating logistics entities. The question is how this principle can be represented appropriately in a software implementation. Each local entity must itself be enabled to make its decisions. More precisely, the data processing unit of autonomous logistics entities is responsible for decision-making (Section 3.2). This specification is useful for distinguishing data processing from other parts of the logistics entity. The challenging task of implementing decentralised process control, however, is only shifted from the whole entity to one of its parts. In order to prevent ending up with an infinitely nested partitioning, it is important to specify how this unit can actually be implemented.

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