Analytical modeling of closed-loop conveyors with load recirculation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3483, Issue IV, 2005, Pages 437-447

  Hsieh, Ying Jiun ^a   Bozer, Yavuz A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conveyor systems; Manufacturing systems; Material handling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS HANDLING; ROUTERS;

BUFFER CAPACITY; CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; UNLOADING STATIONS;

CONVEYORS;

EID: 24944526753     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11424925_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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