A methodology that integrates the scheduling of job sequencing and AGV dispatching in a FMS

A Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is an integrated system consisting of several automated work centers interconnected by an automated material handling system. An integrated scheduling methodology is required to schedule all FMS sub-systems. The overall objective of this research was to develop...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Wade W.
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34919
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09042008-063108/