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G-2004-21

Dispatching and Conflict-Free Routing of Automated Guided Vehicles: A Hybrid Approach Combining Constraint Programming and Mixed Integer Programming

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This paper reports on the on-going development of a hybrid approach for dispatching and conflict-free routing of automated guided vehicles used for material handling in manufacturing. The approach combines Constraint Programming for scheduling and Mixed Integer Programming for routing without conflict. The objective of this work is to provide a reliable method for solving instances with a large number of vehicles. The proposed approach can also be used heuristically to obtain very good solution quickly.

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