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Blockchain-Based Architecture: A MAS Proposal for Efficient Agri-Food Supply Chains

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Ambient Intelligence – Software and Applications –,10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2019)

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Logistics services involve a wide range of transport operations between distributors and clients. Currently, the large number of intermediaries are a challenge for this sector, as it makes all the processes more complicated. This paper proposes a system that uses smart contracts and blockchain technology to remove intermediaries and speed up logistics activities. Our model combines smart contracts and a multi-agent system to improve the current logistics system by increasing organization, security, transparency and significantly improving distribution times.

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Acknowledgments

This work was developed as part of “Virtual-Ledger-Tecnologies DLT/Blockchain y Cripto-IOT sobre organizaciones virtuales de agentes ligeros y su aplicación en la eficiencia en el transporte de última milla”, ID SA267P18, project cofinanced by Junta Castilla y León, Consejería de Educación, and FEDER funds. The research of Yeray Mezquita is supported by the pre-doctoral fellowship from the University of Salamanca and Banco Santander.

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  1. BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Calle Espejo 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Yeray Mezquita, Alfonso González-Briones, Roberto Casado-Vara, Pablo Chamoso, Javier Prieto & Juan Manuel Corchado

  2. Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub (Spain), 37188, Carbajosa de la Sagrada, Spain

    Juan Manuel Corchado

  3. Department of Electronics, Information and Communication, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, 535-8585, Japan

    Juan Manuel Corchado

  4. Pusat Komputeran dan Informatik, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Karung Berkunci 36, Pengkaan Chepa, 16100, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

    Juan Manuel Corchado

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Correspondence to Yeray Mezquita , Alfonso González-Briones , Roberto Casado-Vara , Pablo Chamoso , Javier Prieto or Juan Manuel Corchado .

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  1. Departamento de Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Paulo Novais

  2. Department of Communications, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Jaime Lloret

  3. IoT European Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Pablo Chamoso

  4. Departamento de Informática, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Davide Carneiro

  5. Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Albacete, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    Elena Navarro

  6. Faculty of Robotics and Design Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

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Mezquita, Y., González-Briones, A., Casado-Vara, R., Chamoso, P., Prieto, J., Corchado, J.M. (2020). Blockchain-Based Architecture: A MAS Proposal for Efficient Agri-Food Supply Chains. In: Novais, P., Lloret, J., Chamoso, P., Carneiro, D., Navarro, E., Omatu, S. (eds) Ambient Intelligence – Software and Applications –,10th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence. ISAmI 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1006 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24097-4_11

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