Optimal zone boundaries for two-class-based compact three-dimensional automated storage and retrieval systems

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-208

  Yu, Yugang ^a   de Koster, Rene ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AS RS; Class based storage; Order picking; Storage rack design; Travel time model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; POWDERS; WAREHOUSES;

AS/RS; CLASS-BASED STORAGE; ORDER PICKING; STORAGE RACK DESIGN; TRAVEL TIME MODEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 58249087741     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802375778     Document Type: Article

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