Modelling and performance maximization of an integrated automated guided vehicle system using coloured Petri net and response surface methods

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 822-831

  Aized, Tauseef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle system; Coloured Petri net; Flexible manufacturing system; Guide path configurations; Multiple response optimization; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM; COLOURED PETRI NET; GUIDE-PATH CONFIGURATIONS; MULTIPLE RESPONSE OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD;

AUTOMATION; GRAPH THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION; PETRI NETS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEHICLES;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 69649092723     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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