An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP

In this paper, we apply answer set programming (ASP) to the task of planning warehouse layouts within the logistical domain. Warehouse layout planners have to take into account a vast number of aspects to come up with feasible layouts, especially the placement of logistical elements under specific c...

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Main Authors: Andre Thevapalan, Marco Wilhelm, Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Pascal Kaiser, Moritz Roidl
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Published: LibraryPress@UF 2023-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/133239
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description In this paper, we apply answer set programming (ASP) to the task of planning warehouse layouts within the logistical domain. Warehouse layout planners have to take into account a vast number of aspects to come up with feasible layouts, especially the placement of logistical elements under specific conditions like the accessibility of warehouse elements. Also optimization criteria, e. g., minimizing the pathways, have to be considered. Out of a generally large number of feasible layouts, the layout planner has to decide which layout fits best. As this can be quite difficult and time-consuming, we propose an interactive modelling environment which creates all feasible layouts for a given planning problem by exploiting a logistical knowledge base as well as specific case data provided by the user, who can interactively review all optimal layouts and look for the most suited one. It allows for taking soft constraints and vague expert knowledge into account while leaving room for proposing novel ideas for layouts.
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spelling doaj-art-b2c3ae4f534041779d5bf51bbd8c9fcf2025-08-20T03:07:14ZengLibraryPress@UFProceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference2334-07542334-07622023-05-013610.32473/flairs.36.13323969545An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASPAndre Thevapalan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5679-6931Marco Wilhelm1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-2334Gabriele Kern-Isberner2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8689-5391Pascal Kaiser3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5701-6025Moritz Roidl4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7551-9163TU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund UniversityTU Dortmund UniversityIn this paper, we apply answer set programming (ASP) to the task of planning warehouse layouts within the logistical domain. Warehouse layout planners have to take into account a vast number of aspects to come up with feasible layouts, especially the placement of logistical elements under specific conditions like the accessibility of warehouse elements. Also optimization criteria, e. g., minimizing the pathways, have to be considered. Out of a generally large number of feasible layouts, the layout planner has to decide which layout fits best. As this can be quite difficult and time-consuming, we propose an interactive modelling environment which creates all feasible layouts for a given planning problem by exploiting a logistical knowledge base as well as specific case data provided by the user, who can interactively review all optimal layouts and look for the most suited one. It allows for taking soft constraints and vague expert knowledge into account while leaving room for proposing novel ideas for layouts.https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/133239answer set programmingexpert systemswarehouse layout planninglogistics
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An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP
Proceedings of the International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
answer set programming
expert systems
warehouse layout planning
logistics
title An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP
title_full An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP
title_fullStr An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP
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title_short An Interactive Modelling Environment for Designing Warehouse Layouts Based on ASP
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topic answer set programming
expert systems
warehouse layout planning
logistics
url https://journals.flvc.org/FLAIRS/article/view/133239
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