Agent-based Solutions to Support Car Recycling

Recycling and reuse urgently need development and introduction of advanced ICT networking technology, keeping in mind that recycling is crucial in achieving a global sustainable development through saving growing amounts of primary materials, and in diminishing global pollution. The requirements upon networking technology in ELV (end of life vehicles) recycling are exceptionally complex. The networking of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in car recycling in Europe is of very high importance. Our project intends to develop a set of advanced (multi) agent-based ICT solutions, to support establishment and operation of dynamic networks of car recycling SMEs, and an appropriate methodology is provided, too. The specific complexity represents a multi-threaded character of networks, i.e. the participation of each SME in several value chains cause strong interconnection of networks