Application of agent systems to optimize cargo transportation
The article discusses the development and application of agent systems in the field of transport, reveals the content of the agent model and the agent approach. The difference between agent and multi-agent systems is shown. A comparison of agents and information units is given. An agent is a procedural information unit in an information field, some agents are intelligent information units. The advantage of agents manifests itself in dynamic situations. There is a duality of agent systems - in terms of organization and principles, they belong to artificial intelligence, and in terms of use - to applied systems. The expediency of using information modeling in the design of agents is shown, examples of the use of agents for solving problems in the transport sector are described.