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International Journal of Production Research Volume 24, 1986 - Issue 5
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Potentials for bi-directional guide-path for automated guided vehicle based systems

PIUS J. EGBELU Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 207 Hammond Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, U.S.A.
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J. M. A. TANCHOCO School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, U.S.A.
Pages 1075-1097 | Received 01 Sep 1985, Published online: 22 Oct 2007
 
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Abstract

Most current applications of automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS) in manufacturing shop environments employ uni-directional guide-paths for vehicle routing despite the fact that bi-directional vehicles exist. In this paper comparisons and issues regarding unidirectional and bi-directional flows are presented. Also presented is a model of a bi-directional traffic flow guide-path. The effect of the traffic flow pattern on the shop throughput is demonstrated and compared to that of a uni-directional flow system of an equivalent facility. The model is implemented using computer simulation.

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