A Value-Added Approach for Automated Guided Vehicle Task Assignment

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-34

  Taghaboni Dutta, Fataneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

AGV; Dispatching; Pull; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002114172     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(97)88403-8     Document Type: Article

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