Sequencing dynamic storage systems with multiple lifts and shuttles

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 844-853

  Carlo, Héctor J ^a   Vis, Iris F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Material handling systems; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; DYNAMIC STORAGE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; HEURISTIC; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LIFT SYSTEM; LOOK-AHEAD; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE-LIFT; PRIORITY RULES; SCHEDULING PROBLEM; SIMPLE RULES; STORAGE RACKS; VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84866743126     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.06.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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