Semantic Data Integration for Ubiquitous Logistics - An Approach Supporting Autonomous Logistics in Urban Environments

Stefan Wellsandt, Konstantin Klein, Marco Franke, Karl Hribernik, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

2014

Abstract

This paper introduces an approach for seamless plug & play data integration in a novel urban logistics concept. The logistics concept is called ubiquitous logistics and contains an agent-based perspective on shared logistics resources. Each private and public vehicle participating in the concept, as well as parcels, features an intelligent agent that may request (or offer) information services to other agents or legacy systems. The technical approach of this paper suggests that each of the heterogeneous data sources delivers additional information that is used to virtually integrate the data in an automated way. This additional information concerns, the authentication, data structure and sequence – information that have to be provided manually nowadays. The technical approach is explained using a typical situation from the future urban logistics concept. This situation represents an intelligent agent trying to deliver small goods along a stream of urban commuters.

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Wellsandt S., Klein K., Franke M., Hribernik K. and Thoben K. (2014). Semantic Data Integration for Ubiquitous Logistics - An Approach Supporting Autonomous Logistics in Urban Environments . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-019-2, pages 652-656. DOI: 10.5220/0004961206520656


in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer14,
author={Stefan Wellsandt and Konstantin Klein and Marco Franke and Karl Hribernik and Klaus-Dieter Thoben},
title={Semantic Data Integration for Ubiquitous Logistics - An Approach Supporting Autonomous Logistics in Urban Environments},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2014},
pages={652-656},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004961206520656},
isbn={978-989-758-019-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - Semantic Data Integration for Ubiquitous Logistics - An Approach Supporting Autonomous Logistics in Urban Environments
SN - 978-989-758-019-2
AU - Wellsandt S.
AU - Klein K.
AU - Franke M.
AU - Hribernik K.
AU - Thoben K.
PY - 2014
SP - 652
EP - 656
DO - 10.5220/0004961206520656