Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are
used as a material handling device in flexible manufacturing
systems. Traditionally, AGVs were mostly
used at manufacturing systems, but currently other
applications of AGVs are extensively developed in
other areas, such as warehouses, container terminals
and transportation systems. This paper discusses literature
related to different methodologies to optimize
AGV systems for the two significant problems of
scheduling and routing at manufacturing, distribution,
transshipment and transportation systems. We categorized
the methodologies into mathematical methods
(exact and heuristics), simulation studies, metaheuristic
techniques and artificial intelligent based
approaches.
کلید واژگان :
Automated guided vehicle systems · Literature survey · Scheduling · Routing
