Materials handling technology and significance of expert systems to select appropriate handling equipments in engineering industries: A review

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 619-624

  Vijayaram, Thoguluva Raghavan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automated flexible manufacturing system; Automated guided vehicle; Integrated manufacturing system; Inventory control; Material handling equipment; Prototype expert system; Simulation model; Transit movement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EXPERT SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33747166094     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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