Analysis of Mobile AgentsconsideringtheFan Out - Mobile Agents forAutonomous Logistics
Bemd-Ludwig Wenning · 2006
Thecurrent trends andrecent changes inlogistics leadtonew,complex andpartially conflicting requirements for logistic planning andcontrol systems. Duetothedistributed nature oflogistics theusageofagenttechnology ispromising. Duetothemobile nature oflogistics theusageofmobile agent technology ispromising aswell. Scenarios ofusageofmobile agents inlogistics arepresented, anotation forthosescenarios isdefined anditisshownanalytically inwhichcases theusage ofmobile agentissuperior toconventional communication. The mainvariable understudyisthefanout,whichisthenumber ofpartners amobile agentneedstocommunicate with. IndexTerms-Autonomous Logistics, FanOut,Mobile Agents, Scenario Notation.