Title :
Automated Grocery Ordering Systems for Smart Home
Author :
Hong, Ki-sung ; Kim, Hyoung Joong ; Lee, Chulung
Author_Institution :
Korea Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose an automated grocery ordering system for smart home. We have developed a stationary policy to minimize the total grocery shopping cost. A mathematical model is developed and an efficient algorithm is provided to obtain the optimal parameters for the proposed policy. Finally, we extend our results to more general cases where the storage system is capacitated and the ordering cost is given by a decreasing stepwise function of order quantity.
Keywords :
home automation; home shopping; mathematical analysis; automated grocery ordering systems; grocery shopping agent; joint replenishment; smart home; stationary policy; Consumer electronics; Cost function; Information management; Intelligent sensors; Internet; Inventory management; Mathematical model; Radiofrequency identification; Smart homes; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Future Generation Communication and Networking (FGCN 2007)
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3048-6
DOI :
10.1109/FGCN.2007.74