Partners

Contact

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Project coordinator
Dr. Elisabeth Ilie-Zudor
Head, Intelligent Information Management
Research Laboratory of Engineering and Management Intelligence
Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
E-mail: ilie@sztaki.hu
Phone: (+36 1) 2796195

User requirements contact
If you would like to increase the applicability of our solution to your own activities, please send your suggestions to the leader of our User Requirements Gathering Team, Dr. Christopher Buckingham, at
Advance-suggestions@advance-logistics.eu

Partners

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Partic. no.	Participant organisation name	Short name	Country
1	Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences www.sztaki.hu	SZTAKI (Coordinator)	Hungary
2	Aston University www.aston.ac.uk	Aston	United Kingdom
3	University of Groningen www.rug.nl	RUG	The Netherlands
4	Technology Transfer System srl www.ttsnetwork.com	TTS	Italy
5	Palletways UK www.palletways.com	Palletways	United Kingdom

Publications

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Press release

Pan-European e-Logistics coming of age

December 9, 2010

http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=2&CAT=NEWS& QUERY=012ccb8c685e:26a5:56a5f313&RCN=32853

Deliverable

Public report

2011

Download: publicrep_2011.pdf

Deliverable

Public report

2010

Download: publicrep_2010.pdf

Conference publication

Multiple participant hub-and-spoke logistics networks: challenges, solutions and limits

13th International Conference on Modern Information Technology in the Innovation Processes of Industrial Enterprises, Trondheim, Norway, June 22–24, 2011, pp. 20–29.

http://www.ntnu.edu/ipk/mitip2011
Download: Logistics_mitip2011.pdf

Journal paper

The role of OSC-based projects in meeting new challenges of education – concept and exemplification

Journal of Computer applications in Engineering Education, Wiley periodicals, 2011

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cae.20518/full

Press release

Project launch

October 2010

http://cordis.europa.eu/wire/

Press release

Aston news site reports launch of the project

December 2010

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/about/news/releases/2010/december/logistics-system/

Press release

The Engineering magazine features the project

December 2010

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/aston-university-helps-develop-logistics-analysis-software/1006451.article

Press release

Alpha Galileo, the world’s independent source of research news, features the project

December 2010

http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=91709&CultureCode=en

Press release

Online Midlands Business News features the project

December 2010

http://www.midlandsbusinessnews.co.uk/2010-12/€279m-project-set-to-create-european-wide-logistics-system.aspx

Press release

Birmingham Science City online features the project

December 2010

http://www.birminghamsciencecity.co.uk/news/andeuro-2-79m-project-set-to-create-european-wide-/

Press release

ACM Tech news features the project

December 2010

http://technews.acm.org/#496302

Press release

Business Desk features the project

December 2010

http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/mobile/westmidlands/news/103571-aston-university-scientists-work-on-improving-logistics-industry.html

Conference publication

A proposed meta-model for combinatorial optimisation problems within transport logistics

MIC 2011: The IX Metaheuristics International Conference, 2011, p501-510, ISBN (978-88-900984-3-7)

Download: FlexOptMic2011.pdf

Web visibility

Project main website

October 2010

http://www.advance-logistics.eu/

Web visibility

Project description on SZTAKI local website

November 2010

http://www.sztaki.hu/tudomany/projektek/projekt_informaciok/?uid=00296

Web visibility

Project description on RUG local website

November 2010

http://www.rug.nl/staff/p.buijs/projects

Web visibility

Project description on TTS local website

November 2010

http://www.ttsnetwork.net/pages/en/experiences.html

Web visibility

ADVANCE on Sourceforge code hosting portal

December 2010

http://sourceforge.net/projects/advance-project

Web visibility

Project description on Aston local website

December 2010

www1.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/csrg/research-projects/advance/

	Leaflet
	Project leaflet
	December 2010
	Download (PDF, 7.5 MB)

	Web visibility
	First press release
	October 2010
	Download (PDF, 171 kB)

	Web publication
	Project synopsis
	October 2010
	Download (PDF, 274 kB)

MIC 2011: The IX Metaheuristics International Conference, 2011, p501-510, ISBN (978-88-900984-3-7)

Book

Co-ordination and specialisation of semantics in a B2B relation

Handbook of Research on E-Business Standards and Protocols, Spring 2012

http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/ordination-specialisation-semantics-b2b-relation/63479

Conference Paper

Situation Awareness for Improved Operational Control in Cross Docks: An Illustrative Case Study

14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 2012), May 2012

http://www.incom12.ro/index.html

Conference Paper

Teaching business systems to agree

NLDB12 conference, 26-28/6/2012 Groningen, NL

http://www.let.rug.nl/nldb12/programme.php

Online News

Tackling IT Challenges in Multi-Participant Hub-and-Spoke Logistics Networks

ERCIM News special edition, July 2012

http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en90/ri/tackling-it-challenges-in-multi-participant-hub-and-spoke-logistics-networks

Conference Paper

Application of model-based prediction to support operational decisions in logistics networks

3rd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Logistics, Montpellier, France, 27-28 August 2012

http://ailog.spatial-cognition.de/

Online News

Logistics Project

July 2012

http://lib.bioinfo.pl/find?field=Projects&query=logistics

Conference Paper

Definition and handling of data types in a dataflow-oriented modelling and processing environment

MITIP 2012,Budapest, Hungary, 24-26 October 2012

http://www.mitip.eu/

Conference Paper

Developing a cognitive model of decision-making to support members of hub-and-spoke logistics networks

MITIP 2012,Budapest, Hungary, 24-26 October 2012

http://www.mitip.eu/

Conference Paper

Framework for building and coordinating information flows in logistics networks

MITIP 2012,Budapest, Hungary, 24-26 October 2012

http://www.mitip.eu/

Conference Paper

Monitor for information alignment and sustainability in logistics networks

ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2012,November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, USA

http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress2012/

Conference paper and presentation

Aansturing van gesynchroniseerde operaties in cross-docking netwerken (in Dutch)

Vervoerslogistieke werkdagen, Venlo, The Netherlands, November 2012

http://www.vervoerslogistiekewerkdagen.org/

Conference Paper

Industry and academic perspectives on cross-docking decision support

POMS 2013, May 3-6, Denver, Colorado, USA

http://www.pomsmeetings.org/EventsNet/?pr=1&ev=43

Journal Publication

Intelligent products for enhancing the utilization of tracking technology in transportation

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijopm

Journal publication

A Multiple Pheromone Ant Clustering Algorithm

VI International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization and in NICSO, volume 512 of Studies in Computational Intelligence

http://icsi11.eisti.fr/papers/paper_21.pdf

Conference paper

Information Modeling and Decision Support in Logistics Networks

International Conference on Experiments/ Process/ Systems/ Modeling/ Simulation/ Optimisation 3-6 July, 2013 Athens, Greece

http://www.epsmso.gr

Journal publication

Short term demand prediction in freight networks using advance order information

European Journal of Operational Research In progress

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/european-journal-of-operational-research/

Poster

Applicability of a new ant colony optimisation algorithm to predicting demand in the logistics industry

EuroProjects at Evo* conference 3-5 April 2013 Vienna

http://www.evostar.org
Download: europroj.pdf

Congress paper

MSIRP - methodology for the economic viability of semantic interoperability resolution projects

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition November 2013, San Diego, CA, USA

http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2013/

Conference paper

The Multiple Pheromone Ant Clustering Algorithm and its application to real world domains

Federated Conference on Computer Science and on Information Systems

https://fedcsis.org/proceedings/2013/pliks/346.pdf

Conference paper

Designing multiple user perspectives and functionality for clinical decision support systems.

Federated Conference on Computer Science and on Information Systems

https://fedcsis.org/proceedings/2013/pliks/281.pdf

Dissemination and exploitation activities,

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Later

Software

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The software developed in the project is available under an open source / LGPL license hosted on sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/advance-project.

Documentation (15th November, 2013)

User manual

ADVANCE Live Reporter user manual

Developer Guide

Software distribution (15th November, 2013)

ADVANCE Flow Engine

API library for Java, C#

Example Engine configuration

ADVANCE Flow Editor

ADVANCE Elicitation Tool

ADVANCE Live Reporter

Example Database

Videos

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ADVANCE interview with Palletways IT manager

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ADVANCE overview video

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Palletways simplified operation example
(original video from http://www.phoenix-equity.com)

{denvideov1_PLWS_Europe_1_07.flv}

Palletways network evolution

{denvideov2_Palletways.flv}

Flyer

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Later

About Advance

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ADVANCE is a three year project co-financed by the European Commission’s 7^th Research Framework Programme under the Intelligent Information Management objective.

Start date of project: 01.10.2010
End date of project development period: 30.09.2013

Type of funding scheme:
Small or medium scale focused research project (STREP)

Work programme topic addressed:
Challenge 4: Digital libraries and content: ICT-2009.4.3: Intelligent Information Management Objective

ADVANCE consortium is formed from 3 research partners (SZTAKI, Aston, RUG) and 2 industrial partners (a large company and an SME – Palletways, TTS). The 5 member organisations represent 4 European countries: Hungary, United Kingdom, Italy and The Netherlands.