Scientific Reports (Mar 2023)

Research on schedling optimization of four-way shuttle-based storage and retrieval systems

  • Jia Mao,
  • Jinyuan Cheng,
  • Xiangyu Li,
  • Baogui Cao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31050-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Abstract In this paper, we take the four-way shuttle system as the research object and establish the mathematical model of scheduling optimization based on the minimum time for the in/out operation optimization and path optimization scheduling problems of the four-way shuttle system. An improved genetic algorithm is used to solve the task planning, and an improved A* algorithm is used to solve the path optimization within the shelf level. The conflicts generated by the parallel operation of the four-way shuttle system are classified, and the improved A* algorithm based on the time window method is constructed for path optimization through the dynamic graph theory method to seek safe conflict-free paths. Through simulation example analysis, it is verified that the improved A* algorithm proposed in this paper has obvious optimization effect on the model of this paper.