A performance-based structural policy for conflict-free routing of bi-directional automated guided vehicles

Computers in Industry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 719-733

  Maza, Samia ^a,b   Castagna, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle; Bi directional AGV system; Conflict; Robust control; Routing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV); MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PLANNING ALGORITHMS; REAL-TIME ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROUTERS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 24144503341     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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