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Using Agent Base Simulation to Model Operations in Semi-automated Warehouse

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Highlights of Practical Applications of Survivable Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. The PAAMS Collection (PAAMS 2019)

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The paper presents the results of research carried out in recent years in the area of warehousing. The main goal of the article is to show the project of simulation modeling semi-automated warehouse using multi-agent technologies. The most important points of the article are: the presentation of the new kind of automated drawer racks, originality of this project and basis for defining the methodology of modeling this kind of warehouse using ABS – agent based simulation. Extension of the script language for agent’s behavior describing is proposed.

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Acknowledgements

The work was carried out as part of the POIR.01.01.01-00-0373/17 project, “Development of an automatic drawer shelf using modified 90° reverse row shelving systems dedicated to internal warehouse logistics”, financed by NCBiR.

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  1. Poznan University of Technology, ul. Strzelecka 11, 60-965, Poznań, Poland

    Pawel Pawlewski

  2. ZREMBUD, ul. Mała Łąka 10, 43-400, Cieszyn, Poland

    Tomasz Kunc

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  1. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando De La Prieta

  2. University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Alfonso González-Briones

  3. Poznań University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Pawel Pawleski

  4. HES-SO Valais Wallis, Sierre, Switzerland

    Davide Calvaresi

  5. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Elena Del Val

  6. National Laboratory for Energy and Geology, Amadora, Portugal

    Fernando Lopes

  7. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Julian

  8. Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Derio, Spain

    Eneko Osaba

  9. University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Ramón Sánchez-Iborra

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Pawlewski, P., Kunc, T. (2019). Using Agent Base Simulation to Model Operations in Semi-automated Warehouse. In: De La Prieta, F., et al. Highlights of Practical Applications of Survivable Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1047. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24299-2_5

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