Lee, Heungsoon Felix <br/><br/>
Sequencing methods for automated storage and retrieval systems with dedicated storage 

<br/><br/>In this paper, we study the effect of sequencing storage and retrieval requests on the performance of automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) where a storage request is assigned a predetermined storage location. By exploiting this unique operating characteristic, we present several optimum and heuristic sequencing methods under static and dynamic approaches. Applications of such sequencing methods include unit-load AS/RS with dedicated storage, miniload AS/RS, and potentially unit-load AS/RS with randomized storage. We find that the sequencing methods can significantly reduce travel time by a storage and retrieval machine, thereby, increasing throughput, and that the dynamic heuristic method is simple and fast, yet considerably outperforms the others. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SEQUENCING METHODS<br/>AUTOMATED STORAGE<br/>RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS<br/>DEDICATED STORAGE
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>H004.COM