Class-based storage allocation in a single-command warehouse with space requirement constraints

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Van Den Berg, Jeroen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Operational control; Storage allocation; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001925449     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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