A note on picker blocking models in a parallel-aisle order picking system

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1345-1355

  Hong, Soondo ^a   Johnson, Andrew L ^b,c   Peters, Brett A ^b,d  

^a Samsung Display   (South Korea)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete time Markov chains; picker blocking; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DISCRETE TIME MARKOV CHAINS; ORDER-PICKING SYSTEMS; PICKER-BLOCKING; TIME MODEL; TRANSITION MATRICES; WALKING SPEED; WAREHOUSING;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84881324389     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.745204     Document Type: Article

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