Scheduling of AGVs and machines in FMS with makespan criteria using sheep flock heredity algorithm

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-148

  Subbaiah, K V ^a   Nageswara Rao, M ^a   Narayana Rao, K ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Polytechnic   (India)

Author keywords

AGVs; FMS; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350065890     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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