南方科技大学知识苑(SUSTech KC): Smart navigation via strategic communications in a mixed autonomous paradigm

题名	Smart navigation via strategic communications in a mixed autonomous paradigm
作者	Chen, Yonghui1 ; Xu, Ailing2,4 ; He, Qiao-Chu2 ; Chen, Ying-Ju 3
通讯作者	Xu, Ailing
发表日期	2023-04-01
DOI	10.1111/poms.13987
发表期刊	PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 影响因子和分区
ISSN	1059-1478
EISSN	1937-5956
摘要	Motivated by the emerging mixed autonomous paradigm in cobotic order picking operations, we investigate the optimal information design to navigate human workers (HWs) who cooperate with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) within an intralogistics system. We incorporate asymmetric information between AMRs and HWs in a routing game where connected AMRs are informed of the congestion state while HWs rely on information provided by the system. The system designs a communication policy aiming to navigate HWs away from congestion. Without strategic communications, we show that the deployment of AMRs cannot mitigate congestion unless the automation level reaches a threshold. Interestingly, we illustrate a substitution effect between automation and strategic communications when information distortion is mild. In contrast, severe information distortion complements automation due to exacerbated congestion. Furthermore, an in-house AMR fleet is economically more efficient than a third-party logistics service. Consequently, in-house automation can be achieved with mild information distortion, while severe information distortion is required to complement the lack of efficiency in the third-party AMR fleet. With simulated numerical examples to complement the analytical results, we provide managerial insights concerning the optimal information policies under different levels of automation, guiding warehouse managers in their communications with workers to achieve the best performance of the cobotic system.
关键词	autonomous driving information design intralogistics robots routing game
相关链接	[来源记录]
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
学校署名	通讯
资助项目	Shenzhen Natural Science Fund["GXWD20201230110313001","20200925160442005"] ; Hong Kong Research Grants Council[16502219] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[72071101]
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Operations Research & Management Science
WOS类目	Engineering, Manufacturing ; Operations Research & Management Science
WOS记录号	WOS:000966645500001
出版者	WILEY
ESI学科分类	ENGINEERING
来源库	Web of Science
引用统计	被引频次[WOS]：2
成果类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://sustech.caswiz.com/handle/2SGJ60CL/524345
专题	商学院商学院_信息系统与管理工程系
作者单位	1.Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Engn IEDA, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China 3.Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business & Management ISOM, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, 1088 Xueyuan Ave, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China
通讯作者单位	商学院; 南方科技大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Yonghui,Xu, Ailing,He, Qiao-Chu,et al. Smart navigation via strategic communications in a mixed autonomous paradigm[J]. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT,2023.
APA	Chen, Yonghui,Xu, Ailing,He, Qiao-Chu,&Chen, Ying-Ju.(2023).Smart navigation via strategic communications in a mixed autonomous paradigm.PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT.
MLA	Chen, Yonghui,et al."Smart navigation via strategic communications in a mixed autonomous paradigm".PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (2023).