Design of a variable path tandem layout for automated guided vehicle systems

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 305-319

  Yu, Wooyeon ^a   Egbelu, Pius J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated Guided Vehicles; Neighboring; Partitioning; Tandem; Variable Path

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042872766     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(01)80050-9     Document Type: Article

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