The C programming language
Performance modeling of automated manufacturing systems
Performance modeling of automated manufacturing systems
Introduction to simulation and SLAM II (4th ed.)
Introduction to simulation and SLAM II (4th ed.)
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Comparison of routing strategies for AGV systems using simulation
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
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To analyze the operation of an arbitrary AGV system under selected vehicle routing strategies, we present a simulation model that can handle multiple system layouts, a varying number of AGVs, and a varying number of pedestrians moving around the system. We introduce a dynamic vehicle routing strategy based on hierarchical simulation that operates as follows: at the time of each routing decision for an AGV in the main simulation, subsimulations are spawned for each of a varying number of alternative routes; and the performance observed in these subsimulations is then used to make the routing decision in the main simulation. A case study illustrates the advantages of this strategy.