Simulation study of an automated storage/retrieval system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1339-1356

  Van Den Berg, Jeroen P ^a   Gademann, A J R M ^b,c  

^a Distribution Logistics Group   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ORTEC The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; INDUSTRY;

AUTOMATED STORAGE;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034655055     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400188889     Document Type: Article

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