Abstract
The study of Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) in warehouses has developed along two main lines: One seeks to minimize total cost of an AS/RS, while the other explores the dynamic behavior of such a system. This study addressing the two issues simultaneously, obtains design parameters for a system that complies with desired levels of performance. To this end, a heuristic recursive optimization/simulation procedure is developed. It is also assumed that the number of stacker cranes (an important cost component of AS/RS) can be less than or equal to the number of aisles. The proposed procedure was applied to several situations, and converged within a few iterations.
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