Research Article
The Selection of the Best Control Rule for a Multiple-Load AGV System Using Simulation and Fuzzy MADM in a Flexible Manufacturing System
Table 1
Summary of AGV dispatching rules.
| | Vehicle initiated | Workstation initiated |
| | First-Come-First-Served (FCFS) | Farthest Vehicle (FV) | | First-Encountered-First-Served (FEFS) | First Available Vehicle (FAFS) | | Largest Queue Size (LQS) | Least Cumulative Idle Time (LIT) | | Longest Inter-Arrival Time (LIT) | Least Utilized Vehicle (LUV) | | Longest Travel Time (LTT) | Longest Idle Vehicle (LIV) | | Longest Waiting Time (LWT) | Most Cumulative Idle Vehicle (MIT) | | Maximum demand (MD) | Nearest (Idle) Vehicle (NV or NIV) | | Maximum Outgoing Queue Size (MOQS) | Random Vehicle (RV) | | Minimum Remaining Outgoing Queue (MROQS) | | | Minimum Work-in-Queue (MWQ) | | | Modified First-Come-First-Served (MFCFS) | | | Random Workstation (RW) | | | Shortest time to Travel First (STTF) | | | Unit Load Shop Arrival Time (ULSAT) | | | Vehicle Looks For Work (VLFW) | |
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