Performance analysis of automatic storage/retrieval systems by stochastic modelling

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1613-1626

  Hur, S ^a   Nam, J ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AS RS; Dual commands; Performance analysis; Queuing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MARKOV PROCESSES; PERFORMANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUEUEING THEORY;

DUAL COMMANDS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; QUEUING; QUEUING SYSTEM;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33744978562     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500410176     Document Type: Article

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