Status-based routing in baggage handling systems: Searching verses learning

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-200

  Johnstone, Michael ^a   Creighton, Doug ^a   Nahavandi, Saeid ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airport operations; Materials handling; Reinforcement learning (RL); Search methods

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED CONTROL; AIRPORT OPERATIONS; BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM; DYNAMIC ROUTING; LEARNING METHODS; ROBUST METHODS; ROUTING DECISIONS; ROUTING TABLE; SEARCH METHOD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAGGAGE HANDLING; FISHWAYS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANT LAYOUT; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77249103481     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2009.2035519     Document Type: Article

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