Limitations of Autonomous Control in Practical Applications: Report on Lessons Learned from Vehicle and Apparel Logistics

Autonomous control is the research topic of the Collaborative Research Centre 637 (CRC 637). The CRC 637 defines autonomous control as processes of decentralized decision making in non-deterministic systems. An autonomous controlled system consists of interacting elements, which are characterized by their ability to process information, and to render and to execute decisions independently and on their own [4]. The application of autonomous control aims at increasing a system’s logistic performance and, in particular, its robustness, i.e. to improve a logistic system’s response to dynamic instability [9].

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