An overview of path design and dispatching methods for automated guided vehicles

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 296-307

  Hoff, Eileen Bordelon ^a   Sarker, Bhaba R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV); DISPATCHING METHODS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 0032304826     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069810230400     Document Type: Review

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