Convergence in Bucket Brigades in a Tree-Shaped Picking System

Previous works on the dynamics of bucket brigades have mainly focused on linear production systems or tree-shaped assembly systems with insignificant walk-back time, but this assumption is invalid for most city picking systems. We propose a two-truck bucket brigade tree-shaped picking system when tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiangbin Xu, Caige Xu, Feng Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/242958