AGV controlled FMS

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4445-4453

  Maughan, Fergus G ^a   Lewis, Huw J ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; ROBOTS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTOMATICALLY GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034694449     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050205217     Document Type: Article

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