Performance of miniload systems with two-class storage

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-155

  Park, Byung Chun ^a   Foley, Robert D ^b   Frazelle, Edward H ^c  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Logistics Resources International   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied probability; Automated storage retrieval systems; Class based storage; Miniload; Order picking

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED STORAGE/RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (AS/RS); CLASS BASED STORAGE; MINILOAD SYSTEM; ORDER PICKING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 25844478459     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.057     Document Type: Article

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