We present analytic results for warehouse systems involving pairs of carousels. Specifically, for various picking strategies, we show that the sojourn time of the picker satisfies an integral equation that is a contraction mapping. As a result, numerical approximations for performance measures such as the throughput of the system are extremely accurate and converge fast (e.g. within 5 iterations) to their real values. We present simulation results validating our results and examining more complicated strategies for pairs of carousels.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Eindhoven |
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Publisher | Eurandom |
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Number of pages | 28 |
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Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Name | Report Eurandom |
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Volume | 2011031 |
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ISSN (Print) | 1389-2355 |
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