DocumentCode
2121431
Title
Staging queues in material handling and transportation systems
Author
Gue, Kevin R. ; Kang, Keebom
Author_Institution
Graduate Sch. of Bus. & Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
1104
Abstract
In most physical queueing applications, customers join a queue and move forward after each service, leaving room for others to join behind them. Some queues found in material handling and transportation systems do not operate like this because the queued entities (pallets or unoccupied cars, for example) are incapable of moving forward autonomously. We develop a model for the resulting staging queue, and give simulation results for several configurations
Keywords
materials handling; simulation; transportation; material handling and transportation systems; simulation; staging queues; Analytical models; Containers; Materials handling; Public policy; Queueing analysis; Road transportation; Shipbuilding industry; Sorting; Throughput;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7307-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSC.2001.977421
Filename
977421
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