An Integrated Model Predictive Scheme for Baggage-Handling Systems: Routing, Line Balancing, and Empty-Cart Management

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Y. Zeinaly, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "An integrated model predictive scheme for baggage-handling systems: Routing, line balancing, and empty-cart management," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1536-1545, July 2015.

Abstract

This paper proposes a new strategy for integrated control of baggage handling systems. Three main control issues in baggage handling systems, namely, routing and scheduling, empty-cart management, and line balancing, are identified and a combined control approach based on model predictive control is proposed to tackle these issues in an optimal way. It is shown that the control approach can be formulated as a linear programming problem, which can be solved very efficiently, and hence the proposed approach can be extended to large-scale baggage handling systems. We illustrate the applicability and performance of the proposed approach by a case study, and we compare the results with the state-of-the-art method currently used for baggage handling systems.

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@article{ZeiDeS:15-019,
   author  = {Zeinaly, Yashar and De Schutter, Bart and Hellendoorn, Hans},
   title   = {An Integrated Model Predictive Scheme for Baggage-Handling
              Systems: {Routing}, Line Balancing, and Empty-Cart Management},
   journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
   volume  = {23},
   number  = {4},
   pages   = {1536--1545},
   month   = jul,
   year    = {2015}
   }


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