Vehicle travel time models for AGV systems under various dispatching rules

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-261

  Koo, Pyung Hoi ^a   Jang, Jaejin ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AGV; Analytic model; Vehicle travel time

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; VEHICLES;

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036640167     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015831711304     Document Type: Article

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