Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference (한국시뮬레이션학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1997.04a
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- Pages.124-127
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- 1997
AN ADAPTIVE DISPATCHING ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES BASED ON AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
- Hark Hwnag (Department of Industrial Engineering) ;
- Kim, Sang-Hwi (Department of Industrial Engineering) ;
- Park, Tae-Eun (Dong-il CIM)
- Published : 1997.04.01
Abstract
A key element in the control of Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) 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. 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.