Method for computer-implemented configuration of a controlled drive application of a logistics system

An apparatus for computer-implemented configuration of a controlled application of a logistics system, wherein the logistics system comprises a plurality of parallel-drive running conveyor sections for piece goods that each lead to a combining unit in the conveying direction, each of the conveyor sections including a plurality of conveyor subsections that are accelerated or decelerated by a respective associated drive under a control of a computing unit of the apparatus to render the combining unit able to combine the piece goods onto a single output conveyor section at defined intervals, the computing unit being designed to carry out the following steps:

• determining a system model of the logistics system on a basis of operating data of the logistics system, the operating data being available for a multiplicity of times in the operation of the logistics system and comprising, for each time, measured values from sensors of the logistics system and manipulated variable changes;
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• determining a control function of the logistics system, the control function comprising at least configuration data for the drives, on a basis of the system model by specifying one or more performance features to be attained to perform at least one control operation in the system model, involving simulating the operating data for a multiplicity of time steps, wherein a reward quantity is ascertained for each time step, and the control operation is used as the control function, involving a predefined fitness function that aggregates the reward quantities for a multiplicity of time steps satisfying a predetermined criterion.