Positioning automated guided vehicles in a loop layout

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 565-573

  Gademann, A J R M ^a,b   Van De Velde, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ORTEC The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; POSITION CONTROL; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES (AGVS); LOOP LAYOUT;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034548694     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00341-0     Document Type: Article

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