ISSN:
1572-8145
Keywords:
Material handling system
;
automated guided vehicle
;
home position
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a mobile robot commonly used to carry loads in material handling systems (MHS). Once a transfer is completed, an AGV stops at a home position, a point where it can park until it is assigned a new task. Determining the home positions is an important control problem with a direct influence on the overall performance of the MHS. The problem can be viewed as a location-allocation problem on a network. In this paper two fast and effective heuristics which dynamically determine the home positions are proposed. The methods were tested using two real-world instances. The obtained results are shown and discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008947018074
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