Influence of Competition-based Knowledge Restrictions on Autonomous Routing in Transport Logistics

Due to the increasing complexity and dynamics of actual transport logistics networks, traditional algorithms of centralized routing are pushed to their limits. The application of autonomous algorithms leads to a better handling of these increasing requirements. Within this context, the Distributed Logistics Routing Protocol (DLRP) was developed, which enables logistics entities to come to their own decisions. Here, communication between the logistics entities comprising transport vehicles and transport goods is essential to gain detailed knowledge for routing decisions. In previous works on the DLRP, unrestricted knowledge exchange about the current situation in the network was assumed among the participating logistic entities. Within this work, the influence of knowledge restrictions, caused by competitions between actors, will be presented. The effects of different degrees of competitions have been investigated and are presented.