| 摘要 |
<p>A method and system are disclosed for dynamically routing a material transport vehicle (MTV) using traffic based parameters. A controller (502) directed to allocate a material transport vehicle (MTV) to a particular node (104), selects the material transport vehicle that is physically closest to the particular node (104). The controller (502) calculates an optimal route by identifying the possible routes between the initial node (102) of the material transport vehicle and the destination (120), and analyzing each of the nodes (102 through 120) according to a metric function by calculating a metric function value for each identified route. The controller (502) then selects the route for the material transport vehicle (MTV) having the smallest metric function value. The metric function may include parameters associated with each of the nodes in the material transport system including a node-to-node distance parameter, a node crossing parameter, and the number of MTVs in a queue at each node within the route. In one embodiment, the metric function is given by a mathematical formula.</p> |
