Estimating picker blocking in wide-aisle order picking systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-246

  Parikh, Pratik J ^a   Meller, Russell D ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking; Distribution center; Markov chain; Order picking system

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BLOCKING; CLOSED FORMS; DEVELOPED MODELS; DISTRIBUTION CENTER; MARKOV CHAIN; MONOTONICALLY; ONLINE EDITIONS; ORDER PICKING SYSTEM; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TEST RESULTS; TIME RATIOS;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 58249084777     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802108518     Document Type: Article

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