Order picking in carousel systems under the nearest item heuristic

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-164

  Litvak, N ^a   Adan, I J B F ^b   Wessels, J ^b   Zijm, W H M ^c  

^a EURANDOM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CAROUSEL SYSTEM; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; ORDER PICKING; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-MOMENT APPROXIMATION; UPPER BOUND; WAREHOUSING SYSTEMS;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0035635847     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964801152010     Document Type: Article

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