TY - GEN
T1 - A multi-agent platform for auction-based allocation of loads in transportation logistics
AU - Noot, Han
AU - Robu, Valentin
AU - Poutré, Han La
AU - Van Schijndel, Willem Jan
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper describes an agent-based platform for the allocation of loads in distributed transportation logistics, developed as a collaboration between CWI, Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam and Vos Logistics Organizing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The platform follows a real business scenario proposed by Vos, and it involves a set of agents bidding for transportation loads to be distributed from a central depot in the Netherlands to different locations across Germany. The platform supports both human agents (i.e. transportation planners), who can bid through specialized planning and bidding interfaces, as well as automated, software agents. Therefore, the proposed platform can be used to test both the bidding behaviour of human logistics planners, as well as the performance of automated auction bidding strategies, developed for such settings.
AB - This paper describes an agent-based platform for the allocation of loads in distributed transportation logistics, developed as a collaboration between CWI, Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam and Vos Logistics Organizing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The platform follows a real business scenario proposed by Vos, and it involves a set of agents bidding for transportation loads to be distributed from a central depot in the Netherlands to different locations across Germany. The platform supports both human agents (i.e. transportation planners), who can bid through specialized planning and bidding interfaces, as well as automated, software agents. Therefore, the proposed platform can be used to test both the bidding behaviour of human logistics planners, as well as the performance of automated auction bidding strategies, developed for such settings.
KW - Auction platforms
KW - Distributed logistics
KW - Electronic auctions
KW - Multi-agent systems
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84899914446
SN - 9781605604701
T3 - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS
SP - 1651
EP - 1652
BT - 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2008
PB - International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
T2 - 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2008
Y2 - 12 May 2008 through 16 May 2008
ER -