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Operating High-Powered Automated Vehicle Storage and Retrieval Systems in Multi-deep Storage

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Automated vehicle storage and retrieval systems (AVSRS) allow for a flexible and powerful way to supply picking or manufacturing areas based on the goods-to-person principle. AVSRS with tier- and aisle-captive vehicles achieve the highest throughput capacity which can be further increased by deploying more than one vehicle on each tier of an aisle. With these high-powered AVSRS, it is possible to compensate for the reduction of throughput capacity in multi-deep storage systems where relocation operations occur frequently and result in more transportation tasks. In this work, we present and compare different algorithms for efficiently accomplishing relocation operations in high-powered AVSRS. We conduct a series of simulation experiments to analyze the performance of these algorithms and evaluate the application of high-powered AVSRS in multi-deep storage.

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  1. Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Andreas Habl, Valentin Plapp & Johannes Fottner

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  1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Juliang Zhang

  2. Logistics, Business and Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Martin Dresner

  3. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Runtong Zhang

  4. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Guowei Hua

  5. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Xiaopu Shang

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Habl, A., Plapp, V., Fottner, J. (2020). Operating High-Powered Automated Vehicle Storage and Retrieval Systems in Multi-deep Storage. In: Zhang, J., Dresner, M., Zhang, R., Hua, G., Shang, X. (eds) LISS2019. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5682-1_52

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