Auction-based mechanisms for the control of vehicles in Smart Logistic Systems

In Smart Logistic Systems, a challenging problem is the control of vehicles that are making radical changes in these environments, allowing flexible adaptation to changing needs. Driven by their impressive capabilities, in this preliminary paper we propose auction-based mechanisms for the mission assignment problem to such vehicles. In addition, we analyse and evaluate different auction mechanisms, considering the fundamental characteristics of the studied application domain. Regarding the latter point, preliminary results to the problem of design/tuning appropriately the auction based algorithms are presented.