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Although agent technology fits naturally to the control of the massively parallel processes in warehouses, agent-based warehouse management and control systems (WMCSs) have hardly been used in industry. We argue that model-driven development of such systems is crucial for their industrial applicability.We present a graphical configuration tool that provides a user-friendly means to specify agent-based WMCSs. With this tool, warehouse system architects can specify a WMCS without detailed knowledge of the underlying implementation and without a large programming effort: a WMCS is generated from the architect’s specification.
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Liang, H.L., Verriet, J., Hamberg, R., van Wijngaarden, B. (2012). Graphical Configuration of Agent-Based Warehouse Management and Control Systems. In: Demazeau, Y., Müller, J., RodrÃguez, J., Pérez, J. (eds) Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 155. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28786-2_34
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