Shortest routing of bidirectional automated guided vehicles avoiding deadlock and blocking

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-72

  Wu, NaiQi ^a   Zhou, MengChu ^b,c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems; Deadlock avoidance; Petri nets; Routing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PETRI NETS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; DEADLOCK AVOIDANCE;

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 33947427168     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2006.886255     Document Type: Article

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