Assignment rules in robotic mobile fulfilment systems for online retailers.

Authors: Zou, Bipan¹ (AUTHOR), Gong, Yeming (Yale)² (AUTHOR) GONG@em-lyon.com, Xu, Xianhao³ (AUTHOR), Yuan, Zhe⁴ (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Production Research. Oct2017, Vol. 55 Issue 20, p6175-6192. 18p.

Subject Terms: *Electronic commerce, *Industrial robots, *Manufacturing workstations, *Queuing theory, *Simulation methods & models, *Retail industry