A dispatching algorithm for multiple-load AGVS using a fuzzy decision-making method in a job shop environment

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 523-547

  Kim, Dae B ^a   Hwang, Hark ^b  

^a Kangnam University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle systems; Dispatching; Fuzzy decisions; Multiple load capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044478176     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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