Application of multi-agent approach to development of the petrol dispatching system of gas stations network

Abstract

This work is devoted to questions of analysis, planning and modeling of logistics processes and delivery for oil products supply networks of gas stations. The task of organizing the petroleum product supply process is a complex task of great dimension, which actually comes down to long-term and short-term transportation planning, as well as the operational management of vehicles and the solution of situational management and dispatch tasks. The report discusses the solution of the problem of oil and gas supply to a network of gas stations using a hybrid approach (multi-agent and simulation), as well as its software implementation in the form of a complex decision-making and simulation BPsim. This approach was applied to the "Bashneft"network of petrol stations in the Sverdlovsk Region. © 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.