Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics: Contributions and Limitations - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

by Michael Hülsmann

Book Overview

Many new technologies - like RFID, GPS, and sensor networks - that dominate innovative developments in logistics are based on the idea of autonomous cooperation and control. This self-organisational concept describes "...processes of decentralized decision-making in heterarchical structures. It presumes interacting elements in non-deterministic systems, which possess the capability and possibility to render decisions. The objective of autonomous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642194680
• ISBN13: 9783642194689
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"