With the advancement of the autonomous mobile robots applied to Warehouses and the
creation of the Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System after the market implementation of the Kiva …

Agent technology has been recognized as a promising paradigm for next generation
manufacturing systems. Researchers have attempted to apply agent technology to …

The emerging paradigm of agent-based computation has revolutionized the building of
intelligent and decentralized systems. The new technologies met well the requirements in all …

This paper presents a novel multiagent approach to automating taxi dispatch that services
current bookings in a distributed fashion. The existing system in use by a taxi operator in …

The manufacturing sector as a whole has undergone remarkable changes in terms of scale,
complexity and technology over the past decades and this applies across most modern high …

Warehouse operation and management is one of the essential parts of manufacturing and
service operations. The warehouse layout problem is a key to warehouse operations …

In a supply chain's order fulfilment process, it is often the warehouse that plays a central role
in making the right product available to the right customer at the right time. This paper aims …

Existing modeling frameworks for manufacturing system control can be classified into
hierarchical, heterarchical, and hybrid control frameworks. The main drawbacks of existing …

The new economic challenges and recent trends in globalization have made it very difficult
for Canadian forest product companies to improve their financial position without the …

Agent paradigm is a technology recognized as potent tool for the 21 st century
manufacturing system. Researches are on-going in the applications of agent technology to …