The selection of the best control rule for a multiple-load AGV system using simulation and fuzzy MADM in a flexible manufacturing system

Modelling and Simulation in Engineering

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Azimi, Parham ^a   Haleh, Hasan ^a   Alidoost, Mehran ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PICKUPS;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISPATCHING PROBLEM; DISPATCHING RULES; MEAN FLOW TIME; MEAN QUEUE LENGTHS; MULTIPLE-LOAD AGV; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT;

AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES;

EID: 78349253108     PISSN: 16875591     EISSN: 16875605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/821701     Document Type: Article

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