Development of a framework for the design of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4365-4387

  Marchet, Gino ^a   Melacini, Marco ^a   Perotti, Sara ^a   Tappia, Elena ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

automation; autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems; design; simulation; warehousing

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; DESIGN DIFFERENCES; MATERIAL HANDLING; SIMULATION; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; WAREHOUSING;

AUTOMATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS HANDLING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84880571694     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.778430     Document Type: Article

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