Design and storage cycle time analysis for the automated storage system with a conveyor and a rotary rack

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5383-5395

  Hsieh, Y J ^a   Chang, S E ^a   Chang, S C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conveyor systems; Queuing; Rotary racks; Storage systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYORS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUEUEING THEORY; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; ROTARY RACKS; STORAGE SYSTEMS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 35148892352     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600891390     Document Type: Article

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