Determination of vehicle requirements in automated guided vehicle systems: A statistical approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-270

  Arifin, Robert ^a   Egbelu, Pius J ^b  

^a Ernst and Young LLP   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AGVS; Layout; Material handling; Regression; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEMS (AGVS);

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034175326     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372800232225     Document Type: Article

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