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.
| Originele taal-2 | Engels |
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| Plaats van productie | Eindhoven |
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| Uitgeverij | Eurandom |
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| Aantal pagina's | 28 |
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| Status | Gepubliceerd - 2011 |
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| Naam | Report Eurandom |
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| Volume | 2011031 |
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| ISSN van geprinte versie | 1389-2355 |
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