The generalised dwell point location problem Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This research presents a generalised procedure to determine the optimal dwell point location for an arbitrary service device within a defined region. Similar to some existing dwell point location research for material handling systems, this study models a generic system that responds to demands for service from a region defined by a bi-variate random vector over some predefined service region as well as from a particular point analogous to the Input/Output (I/O) location for an arbitrary material handling system. A step-by-step procedure is delineated for determining the optimal dwell point location for a generic system. Extensions to the model for systems with multiple point (I/O) locations as well as for systems with multiple service regions are also presented. Copyright 2009, Inderscience Publishers.

published proceedings

  • International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

author list (cited authors)

  • Hale, T. S., Hanna, M. E., & Huq, F.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Hale, Trevor S||Hanna, Michael E||Huq, Faizul

publication date

  • August 2009