Adaptive dispatching algorithm for automated guided vehicles based on an evolutionary process

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 60, Issue , 1999, Pages 465-472

  Kim, Sang Hwi ^a   Hwang, Hark ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; ROBOTS; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE DISPATCHING ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032686758     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(98)00132-7     Document Type: Article

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