Decentralized autonomous AGV system for material handling

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15 SPEC., 2002, Pages 3995-4006

  Berman, S ^a   Edan, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FUZZY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM; LOAD TRANSFER; SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY; SYSTEM MANAGEMENT;

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL;

EID: 0037109624     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540210146990     Document Type: Article

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