Performance analysis and design trade-offs in warehouses with autonomous vehicle technology

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1045-1060

  Roy, Debjit ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ananth ^b   Heragu, Sunderesh S ^c   Malmborg, Charles J ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Louisville   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicle technology; decomposition approach; distribution centers; semi open queuing network; unit load warehouses

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES; CLASS-SWITCHING; DECOMPOSITION APPROACH; DESIGN DECISIONS; DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; MULTI-CLASS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPERATION EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; QUEUING NETWORK; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; VEHICLE ASSIGNMENT;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84866629413     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.665201     Document Type: Article

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