Multi-agent decision support system for minimizing the cost of grouped goods

The article describes solution of a real problem from the subject area of goods delivery with a detailed description of the proposed architecture and the principles of multi-agent system decision-making support to minimize the cost of sending an order by grouping goods into different parcels. The advantages of multi-agent system over enumerative algorithms, features of the designed multi-agent system, GUI for analysis, different modifications of the system operation and possible ways of its improvement are considered.