A dispatching-rule-based algorithm for automated guided vehicle systems design

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-59

  Shen, Yu Cheng ^a   Kobza, John E ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle systems; Material handling systems; Stochastic modelling; System design; Vehicle dispatching

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEMS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 0031635825     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372898234514     Document Type: Article

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