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A simulation study of multiple-load-carrying automated guided vehicles in a flexible manufacturing system

MUFIT OZDEN Department of Systems Analysis, Miami University, 144 Kreger Hall, Oxford, OH, 45056, U.S.A
Pages 1353-1366 | Received 01 Jul 1987, Published online: 07 May 2007

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