Throughput analysis for order picking system with multiple pickers and Aisle congestion considerations

DOI10.1016/j.cor.2011.09.022zbMath1251.90023MaRDI QIDQ1762155

Ming-Hung Wu, Jason Chao-Hsien Pan

Publication date: 15 November 2012

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.09.022

zbMATH Keywords

queueing networkorder pickingwarehouse managementAisle congestionmulti-picker operations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C31: Sensitivity, stability, parametric optimization

90B22: Queues and service in operations research

90-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming

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