Sequencing methods for automated storage and retrieval systems with dedicated storage

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-362

  Lee, Heungsoon Felix ^a   Schaefer, Samantha K ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (AS/RS);

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031118523     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(96)00298-7     Document Type: Article

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