Determination of unit load sizes in an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS
作者:
B. Mahadevan,
T. T. Narendran,
期刊:
International Journal of Production Research
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 4
页码: 909-922
ISSN:0020-7543
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/00207543.1992.9728464
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Unit load size is a key factor in an automated guided vehicle based material handling system for a flexible manufacturing system. Highlighting this aspect and its importance at the design stage, this paper presents an integer programming formulation of the problem of finding the optimal unit load size. Using an existing analytical model to decide the number of AGVs required, an algorithm based on branching and implicit enumeration and a heuristic have been developed. Revised computations due to dynamic system conditions such as changes in part mix are also possible with the proposed algorithms. The methodologies have been demonstrated using numerical examples.
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