Addressing marketplace logistic tasks in answer set programming

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Alviano, Mario^a | Amendola, Danilo^b | Rodriguez Reiners, Luis Angel^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] DEMACS, University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy | [b] Oliveru - Smartly Engineering, Rende, Italy and Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Geel, Belgium

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Luis Angel Rodriguez Reiners, DEMACS, University of Calabria, Via Bucci 30/B, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy. E-mail: luis.reiners@unical.it.

Abstract: Marketplaces bring together products from multiple providers and automatically manage orders that involve several suppliers. We document the use of Answer Set Programming to automatically choose products from various warehouses within a marketplace network to fulfill a specified order. The proposed solution seamlessly adapts to various objective functions utilized at different stages of order management, leading to cost savings for customers and simplifying logistics for both the marketplace and its suppliers.

Keywords: Answer set programming, combinatorial search and optimization, logistics marketplace

DOI: 10.3233/IA-240024

Journal: Intelligenza Artificiale, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 261-278, 2024