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Determination of unit load sizes in an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS

B. Mahadevan Industrial Engineering & Management Division, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 600 036, India
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T. T. Narendran Industrial Engineering & Management Division, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 600 036, India
Pages 909-922 | Received 01 Apr 1991, Published online: 23 Mar 2012

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Ignacio Castillo & BrettA. Peters. (2002) Unit load and material-handling considerations in facility layout design. International Journal of Production Research 40:13, pages 2955-2989.
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