A Systematic Review of Optimization Approaches Employed in Digital Warehousing Transformation

N Alherimi, A Saihi, M Ben-Daya - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital transformation of warehousing is revolutionizing operations by integrating advanced
technologies. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) optimize the movement of goods, while …

Industry 5 and the human in Human-Centric manufacturing

K Briken, J Moore, D Scholarios, E Rose, A Sherlock - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Industry 4 (I4) was a revolutionary new stage for technological progress in manufacturing
which promised a new level of interconnectedness between a diverse range of …

A novel agv path planning approach for narrow channels based on the bi-rrt algorithm with a failure rate threshold

B Wu, W Zhang, X Chi, D Jiang, Y Yi, Y Lu - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The efficiency of the rapidly exploring random tree (RRT) falls short when efficiently guiding
targets through constricted-passage environments, presenting issues such as sluggish …

qrobot: A quantum computing approach in mobile robot order picking and batching problem solver optimization

P Atchade-Adelomou, G Alonso-Linaje, J Albo-Canals… - Algorithms, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article aims to bring quantum computing to robotics. A quantum algorithm is developed
to minimize the distance traveled in warehouses and distribution centers where order …

A digital twin-based decision support approach for AGV scheduling

Y Gao, D Chang, CH Chen, M Sha - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic and complex environment affects the operational efficiency of automated
guided vehicles (AGVs) at automated container terminals, in which artificial intelligent …

Implementation of Automated Guided Vehicles for the Automation of Selected Processes and Elimination of Collisions between Handling Equipment and Humans in …

I Kubasakova, J Kubanova, D Benco, D Kadlecová - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article deals with the implementation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a
selected company. The aim is to analyse the use of AGVs in our country and abroad and to …

The picker routing problem in mixed-shelves, multi-block warehouses

M Haouassi, Y Kergosien, JE Mendoza… - … Journal of Production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Unlike conventional warehouses, where the inventory of an item is concentrated on a single
shelf, the inventory in mixed-shelves warehouses is broken down into units and dispersed …

Quantum algorithms for solving hard constrained optimisation problems

P Atchade-Adelomou - arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.13125, 2022 - arxiv.org
The thesis deals with Quantum Algorithms for solving Hard Constrained Optimization
Problems. It shows how quantum computers can solve difficult everyday problems such as …

Parco: Learning parallel autoregressive policies for efficient multi-agent combinatorial optimization

F Berto, C Hua, L Luttmann, J Son, J Park… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Multi-agent combinatorial optimization problems such as routing and scheduling have great
practical relevance but present challenges due to their NP-hard combinatorial nature, hard …

Neural Combinatorial Optimization on Heterogeneous Graphs: An Application to the Picker Routing Problem in Mixed-Shelves Warehouses

L Luttmann, L Xie - Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
In recent years, machine learning (ML) models capable of solving combinatorial optimization
(CO) problems have received a surge of attention. While early approaches failed to …