Dynamic-zone strategy for vehicle-collision prevention and load balancing in an AGV system with a single-loop guide path

Computers in Industry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-176

  Ho, Ying Chin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC-ZONE STRATEGY;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033729519     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(99)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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