Determination of unit load sizes of AGV in multi-product multi-line assembly production systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3565-3581

  Moon, Seong Woo ^a   Hwang, Hark ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; CONVEYORS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; AUTOMATED STORAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; MULTI PRODUCT MULTI LINE ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033207562     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499190185     Document Type: Article

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