A Conceptual Framework of a Decision Support System for Operational Dispatching of Agricultural Bulk Goods - An Agent-Based Approach

Transportation planning may imply versatile and complex decision problems. The most distinctive feature of agricultural transportation planning is: a dynamic and rapid transaction of harvesting processes. During the harvesting process various actors such as farmers, contractors, agricultural traders, transportation companies and processing industries have to collaborate. This contribution presents a conceptual framework of a decision support approach for operational dispatching and its implementation based upon a multi-agent system (MAS). This agent-based approach enables users to conflate dispersed structure information, apply optimization techniques and provide a goal-oriented planning and transaction of transportation.

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