Improvement of AS/RS performance using design and application of common zone

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1331-1341

  Moon, Geeju ^a   Kim, Gwang Pil ^a   Moon, William J ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

AS RS; Common zone; Demand variation; Storage policy

Indexed keywords

AS/RS; COMMON ZONE; DELAY TIMES; DEMAND VARIATION; DEMAND VARIATIONS; OPERATION POLICIES; POLICY EVALUATIONS; QUEUE LENGTHS; RANDOM STORAGES; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; STORAGE POLICIES; STORAGE POLICY;

PACKET NETWORKS;

EID: 57049108193     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701564581     Document Type: Article

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