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Simulating Cooperative Transportation Companies

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Simulation als betriebliche Entscheidungshilfe

Part of the book series: Fortschritte in der Simulationstechnik ((XFS,volume 8))

Abstract

In this paper we propose the use of methods from Distributed Artificial Intelligence for the simulation of complex economical and social Systems. Apart from [11], we stress the power that can be gained by applying mechanisms of coordination and cooperation among autonomous agents. As an example, the transportation domain is modeled as a multiagent scenario. Negotiation is used as a mechanism for achieving coordination among autonomous agents. We describe the different dimensions of cooperation and details of the simulation-system. Preliminary results are provided.

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  1. Norbert Kuhn
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  1. Universität Göttingen, Deutschland

    Jörg Biethahn

  2. Universität Hamburg, Deutschland

    Wilhelm Hummeltenberg

  3. Universität Passau, Deutschland

    Bernd Schmidt

  4. Universität Osnabrück, Deutschland

    Thomas Witte

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Kuhn, N., Müller, J.P., Müller, J. (1994). Simulating Cooperative Transportation Companies. In: Biethahn, J., Hummeltenberg, W., Schmidt, B., Witte, T. (eds) Simulation als betriebliche Entscheidungshilfe. Fortschritte in der Simulationstechnik, vol 8. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91115-5_18

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