Distributed and centralised material handling scheduling: Comparison and results of a simulation study

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 441-448

  Babiceanu, Radu F ^a   Chen, F Frank ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed scheduling; Holonic systems; Real time response

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SCHEDULING;

DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING; EVALUATION TESTS; FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS; HOLONIC; HOLONIC SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROLS; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; MATERIAL HANDLINGS; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME RESPONSE; SCHEDULING SYSTEMS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYSTEM RESOURCES;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 63749126112     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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