Two-worker blocking congestion model with walk speed m in a no-passing circular passage system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 687-696

  Hong, Soondo ^a,b  

^a Samsung Display   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blocking congestion; Bucket brigade order picking; Facilities planning and design; No passing passage system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894437070     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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