AS/RS dwell‐point strategy selection at high system utilization: A simulation study to investigate the magnitude of the benefit

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5217-5227

  Meller, R D ^a   Mungwattana, A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Automated storage retrieval systems; Dwell point; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017155599     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500215617     Document Type: Article

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