An adaptive dispatching algorithm for automated guided vehicles based on an evolutionary process

An adaptive dispatching algorithm for automated guided vehicles based on an evolutionary process

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Article ID: iaor20003494
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 60/61
Start Page Number: 465
End Page Number: 472
Publication Date: Jan 1999
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
Authors: ,
Keywords: simulation: applications
Abstract:

A key element in the control of automated guided vehicle systems (AGVSs) is dispatching policy. This paper proposes a new dispatching algorithm for an efficient operation of AGVS. Based on an evolutionary operation, it has an adaptive control capability responding to changes of the system environment. It utilizes the information of work-in-process in buffers and travel times of AGVs. The performance of the algorithm is compared with some well-known dispatching rules in terms of the system throughput through simulation. Sensitivity analysis is carried out varying the buffer capacity and the number of AGVs.

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