Performance modelling of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems using class-based storage policies

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 238-248

  Kuo, Po Hsun ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ananth ^b   Malmborg, Charles J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomous vehicles; class based storage; queuing network; unit load storage and retrieval

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING NETWORKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; QUEUING NETWORK; UNIT LOAD STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 43149117892     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2008.01816     Document Type: Article

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