Economical design of material flow paths

Economical design of material flow paths

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Article ID: iaor1994661
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 31
Issue: 6
Start Page Number: 1387
End Page Number: 1407
Publication Date: Jun 1993
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: materials
Abstract:

In this paper, the authors suggest a branch-and-bound procedure for designing flow paths of fixed-path material handling systems. The method may be applied to automated monorail systems, automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS), flexible conveyor systems and other fixed-path material handling systems. The authors formulate an economic model which considers the construction cost of each path segment as well as the travel cost. A procedure is developed to determine the configuration of flow path and the direction of flow path segment. A tight lower bound for the optimal objective function and an efficient search strategy are suggested. Computational performance of this procedure is compared with a procedure previously developed by Kaspi and Tanchoco for the special case of AGV systems.

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