Operational control of a bidirectional automated guided vehicle system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 2123-2138

  Kim, Chang Wan ^a   Tanchocoj, J M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BIDIRECTIONAL AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) SYSTEM; CONFLICT FREE SHORTEST TIME ROUTES; CONSERVATIVE MYOPIC STRATEGY; OPERATIONAL CONTROL;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0027656981     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549308956848     Document Type: Article

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