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The cargo and freight agent sector is expected to be among those industries most likely to be computerised in the next 20 years, according to a new report by Oxford University.

Artificial intelligence, loosely defined as technology that thinks and acts likes humans, is gaining momentum in all aspects in life: self-driving cars and digital personal assistants are just two examples that have caught attention lately. Its application in the domain of planning scarce resources is perhaps less known.

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