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Developing exact and Tabu search algorithms for simultaneously determining AGV loop and P/D stations in single loop systems

R. Z.-Farahani Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Supply Chain Management Research Group, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Pourakbar Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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E. Miandoabchi Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Supply Chain Management Research Group, Tehran, Iran
Pages 5199-5222 | Received 01 Aug 2006, Published online: 03 Oct 2007

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Ardavan Asef-Vaziri, Morteza Kazemi & Maryam Radman. (2022) The facility layout instances of the generalised travelling salesman problem. International Journal of Production Research 60:19, pages 5794-5811.
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M. Saravanan & S. Ganesh Kumar. (2013) Different approaches for the loop layout problems: a review. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 69:9-12, pages 2513-2529.
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Mahdi Hamzeei, Reza Zanjirani Farahani & Hannaneh Rashidi-Bejgan. (2013) An exact and a simulated annealing algorithm for simultaneously determining flow path and the location of P/D stations in bidirectional path. Journal of Manufacturing Systems 32:4, pages 648-654.
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Salimata Guèye Diagne, André Langevin & Youssou Gningue. (2011) Une Approche Dynamique pour l’Optimisation des Trajectoires de n Véhicules à Guidage Automatique. Afrika Matematika 24:2, pages 169-178.
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Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Hannaneh Rashidi-Bajgan & Taravatsadat Nehzati. 2013. Graph Theory for Operations Research and Management. Graph Theory for Operations Research and Management 197 211 .
Mahdi Hamzheei, Reza Zanjirani Farahani & Hannaneh Rashidi-Bajgan. (2012) An ant colony-based algorithm for finding the shortest bidirectional path for automated guided vehicles in a block layout. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 64:1-4, pages 399-409.
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Mohammed Ali & Wasif Ullah Khan. (2017) Implementation Issues of AGVs in Flexible Manufacturing System : A Review. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 11:1-2, pages 55-61.
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Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Gilbert Laporte, Elnaz Miandoabchi & Saman Bina. (2007) Designing efficient methods for the tandem AGV network design problem using tabu search and genetic algorithm. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 36:9-10, pages 996-1009.
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