Design of Fleet Size and Bi-directional Flow Path Network for AGV Systems

Abstract

Flow path network design problem and fleet size design problem are important so as to design Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) systems. AGVs are guided with the paths and the path network should be designed appropriately for the high performance of transportation. In this paper, we propose a method to design the flow path network and fleet size suitable for transporter routings with Genetic Algorithm. The effect of our method is verified through simulations.