Simultaneous job input sequencing and vehicle dispatching in a single-vehicle automated guided vehicle system: A heuristic branch-and-bound approach coupled with a discrete events simulation model

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1911-1942

  Lacomme, P ^a   Moukrim, A ^b   Tchernev, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

AGV dispatching; Branch and bound; Flexible manufacturing system; Job sequencing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; VEHICLES;

AGV DISPATCHING; BRANCH-AND-BOUND; JOB SEQUENCING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 27844452509     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13528160412331326450     Document Type: Article

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