Modeling of an AS/RS serviced by rail-guided vehicles with colored petri nets: A control perspective

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 160-165

  Dotoli, Mariagrazia ^a   Fanti, Maria Pia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated storage and retrieval systems; Colored timed Petri nets; Real time control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; CRANE RAILS; PETRI NETS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SCHEDULING;

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (AS/RS);

RAILROADS;

EID: 0037670107     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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