In horizontal collaborations, carriers form coalitions in order to perform parts of their logistics
operations jointly. By exchanging transportation requests among each other, they can …

To survive under the ever increasing competitive and global pressures to operate more
efficiently, transportation companies are obliged to adopt a collaborative focus. Various …

Purpose: Lean Manufacturing is widely regarded as a potential methodology to improve
productivity and decrease costs in manufacturing organisations. The success of lean …

We present the Met Office Hadley Centre's sea ice and sea surface temperature (SST) data
set, HadISST1, and the nighttime marine air temperature (NMAT) data set, HadMAT1 …

This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and …

This paper provides a survey of existing research on agent-based approaches to
transportation and traffic management. A framework for describing and assessing this work …

The paper considers an arrangement for exchanging transportation requests to facilitate
collaboration among independent carriers. The goal is to maximize the total profit without …

The term" agent"(and hence" agent-based computing,"" agent-based system,"" multi-agent
system") is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad range …

While there is ample evidence that Multi-agent Systems and Technologies (MAS&T) are
vigorous as a research area, it is unclear what practical application impact this research …

This paper reports our experiences with agent-based architectures for intelligent traffic
management systems. We describe and compare integrated TRYS and TRYS autonomous …