A review of automated guided-vehicle systems design and scheduling

Abstract

Automated guided-vehicle (AGV) systems are gaining increasing acceptance in modern manufacturing facilities primarily because of the versatility they offer. As the flexibility and complexity of these systems increase, the requirements of the design effort and the routeing and scheduling system grow. In this paper we provide a review of the literature relevant to the system design, routeing and scheduling, and justification and implementation of AGV systems.

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RUSSELL E. KING is an assistant professor of industrial engineering at North Carolina State University. His research and teaching interests are in production scheduling and control, real-time control of automated systems, and stochastic processes. He is a member of IIE, ORSA and TIMS and is an associate editor of IIE Transactions. He holds a B.S. in systems engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Florida.

CARL WILSON is currently working on his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He holds a BIE and MSOR from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has previously worked for International Paper Co. and Technical Support Software, Inc. He is a member of IIE, ORSA and TIMS.