Operational control of a bidirectional automated guided vehicle system
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Production Research
- Vol. 31 (9) , 2123-2138
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207549308956848
Abstract
Bidirectional AGV systems are intuitively more attractive than unidirectional systems in terms of efficiency because of shorter travel distances. An efficient algorithm for finding conflict-free shortest-time routes for automated guided vehicles moving in a bidirectional flow path network has been proposed in a previous paper. This paper is a sequel and describes a conservative myopic strategy to coordinate the movements of vehicles in a bidirectional AGV system. Simulation results are presented to compare the performances of unidirectional and bidirectional systems.Keywords
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