A dispatching method for automated guided vechicles by using a bidding concept

A dispatching method for automated guided vechicles by using a bidding concept

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Article ID: iaor20041034
Country: Germany
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 25
End Page Number: 44
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Journal: OR Spektrum
Authors: , , , ,
Keywords: transportation: general
Abstract:

A dispatching method is suggested for automated guided vehicles by using an auction algorithm. The dispatching method in this study is different from traditional dispatching rules in that it looks into the future for an efficient assignment of delivery tasks to vehicles and also in that multiple tasks are matched with multiple vehicles. The dispatching method in this study is distributed in the sense that the dispatching decisions are made through communication among related vehicles and machines. The theoretical rationale behind the distributed dispatching method is also discussed. Through a simulation study, the performance of the method is compared with that of a popular dispatching rule.

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