Design and analysis of an automated container handling system in seaports

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 112-126

  Asef Vaziri, Ardavan ^a   Khoshnevis, Behrokh ^b   Rahimi, Mansour ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AGVS; ASRS; Automated container terminal; Automated Guided Vehicle Systems; Automated Storage; Facility logistics; Retrieval System; Simulation; Terminal throughput

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863217393     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2008.019602     Document Type: Article

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