TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Distributed intelligence in autonomous multi-vehicle systems
JO  - International journal of critical infrastructures
A1  - Dam, Koen H. Van
A1  - Verwater-Lukszo, Zofia
A1  - Ottjes, Jaap A.
A1  - Lodewijks, Gabriel
SP  - 261
EP  - 272
VL  - 2
IS  - 2/3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1475-3219
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2006.009442
ID  - ref1
ER  -