Simulation based performance analysis of an autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval system

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1640-1650

  Ekren, Banu Y ^a   Heragu, Sunderesh S ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

AVS RS; Performance analysis; Simulation; Storage retrieval system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS HANDLING; WAREHOUSES;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; AVS/RS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; STORAGE/RETRIEVAL;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79955665009     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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