Routing automated guided vehicles in the presence of interruptions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-681

  Batta, R ^b   Karwan, M H ^b  

^a United Airlines   (United States)

^b SUNY at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MOTION PLANNING;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV); FLEXIBLE RE-ROUTING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033079770     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191724     Document Type: Article

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