Optimal storage locations in a carousel storage and retrieval system

Location Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-245

  Vickson, Raymond G ^a   Fujimoto, Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b AT Kearney Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carousel; Optimal packing; Partitioning; Ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348149543     PISSN: 09668349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0966-8349(97)00003-x     Document Type: Article

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