Intelligent dispatching rules for trip-based material handling systems

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-239

  Bozer, Yavuz A ^a   Yen, Chih Kuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Device dispatching; Dynamic dispatching; Empty vehicle assignment; Simulation; Trip based material handling systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041587603     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6125(96)84549-3     Document Type: Article

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