Self-organizing logistics systems

: 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.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: ARC
• Authors: John J. Bartholdi III, Donald D. Eisenstein, Yun Fong Lim
• Keywords: ARC 2010, Hardware, Logistics, Self-organizing, Significant Intervention