Tandem configuration automated guided vehicle systems: A comparative study

Decision Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-102

  Ross, Edward A ^a   Mahmoodi, Farzad ^b   Mosier, Charles T ^b  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Materials Handling Systems; Production Operations Management; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030533942     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1996.tb00844.x     Document Type: Article

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