An integrated analytical/simulation approach for economic design of an AGV system

Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 382-395

  Nakano, Masaru ^b   Ohno, Katsuhisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

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EID: 0034259327     PISSN: 04534514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15807/jorsj.43.382     Document Type: Article

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