@article{ref1,
title="Distributed intelligence in autonomous multi-vehicle systems",
journal="International journal of critical infrastructures",
year="2006",
author="Dam, Koen H. Van and Verwater-Lukszo, Zofia and Ottjes, Jaap A. and Lodewijks, Gabriel",
volume="2",
number="2/3",
pages="261-272",
abstract="To make better use of existing infrastructures, new control methods are under development. In the Intelligent Infrastructures programme, an infrastructure is seen as a multi-agent system, with more or less autonomous subsystems that are related to each other in hierarchical, coordinated, cooperative, or non-cooperative way. Current controls for multi-vehicle systems are based on the hierarchical control concept. In this paper, it is shown how the incident handling, efficiency, and flexibility of multi-vehicle systems can be improved by applying a cooperative control strategy. An existing multi AGV application in a seaport illustrates that efficiency of operations can be improved considerably with smarter control. Finally, a research project is introduced concerning cooperative multi-agent control of true free-ranging automated guided vehicles.<p />",
language="",
issn="1475-3219",
doi="10.1504/IJCIS.2006.009442",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2006.009442"
}