Travel-time models for flow-rack automated storage and retrieval systems

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 979-987

  Sari, Zaki ^a   Saygin, Can ^b   Ghouali, Noureddine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS RS); Flow Rack AS RS; Inventory management

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (AS/RS); FLOW-RACK AS/RS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL-TIME MODELS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 18144388007     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-003-1932-3     Document Type: Article

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