Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2010
Abstract
When a logistics system is “self-organizing” it can function without significant intervention by managers, engineers, or software control. The social insects, such as ants or bees, provide models of self-organizing logistics systems that may be profitably emulated. We illustrate some of these ideas for the problem of balancing assembly lines.
Keywords
Agile manufacturing, Manufacturing systems, Adaptive control, Dynamic systems, Assembly lines
Discipline
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Research Areas
Operations Management
Publication
Annual Reviews in Control
Volume
34
Issue
1
First Page
111
Last Page
117
ISSN
1367-5788
Identifier
10.1016/j.arcontrol.2010.02.006
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Bartholdi, III, John J.; Eisenstein, Donald D.; and LIM, Yun Fong.
Self-Organizing Logistics Systems. (2010). Annual Reviews in Control. 34, (1), 111-117.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1869
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2010.02.006