AGV schedule integrated with production in flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 428-440

  Jawahar, N ^a   Aravindan, P ^c   Ponnambalam, S G ^b   Suresh, R K ^d  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

AGV; Flexible manufacturing system; Heuristics; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINE TOOLS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHEDULING;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING; AUTOMATED STORAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031637225     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01304622     Document Type: Article

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