Minimization of acquisition and operational costs in horizontal material handling system design

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 679-693

  Herrmann, J W ^a   Ioannou, G ^b   Minis, I ^c   Proth, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c Planning SA   (Greece)

^d INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COST ACCOUNTING; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM; FIXED COSTS; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM DESIGN;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 0032663952     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007647202439     Document Type: Article

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