A simulation study of a bi-directional load-exchangeable automated guided vehicle system

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-601

  Hsueh, Che Fu ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AGV; Bi directional; Deadlock; Flexible manufacturing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGV SYSTEM; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; BI-DIRECTIONAL; COMMON PROBLEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; NEW DESIGN; ON-LINE CONTROLS; SHORTEST PATH; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; VEHICLE NUMBERS; WAITING TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77950593191     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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