Design of robotic dairy barns using closed queueing networks

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 437-446

  Halachmi, I ^a   Adan, I J B F ^b   Van Der Wal, J ^b   Heesterbeek, J A P ^a   Van Beek, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAIRIES; FARM BUILDINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

APPROXIMATE MEAN VALUE ANALYSIS; DAIRY BARN; MILKING ROBOT;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 0033728779     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00312-4     Document Type: Article

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