Performance analysis of split-case sorting systems

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 258-274

  Johnson, M Eric ^a   Meller, Russell D ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate queueing models; Material handling; Retail; Sortation; Throughput models

Indexed keywords

BINS; CONVEYORS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUEUEING THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATE QUEUEING MODELS; RETAIL; SORTATION; SPLIT-CASE SORTING SYSTEMS; THROUGHPUT MODELS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0036769863     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.4.4.258.5732     Document Type: Article

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