Choose the nearest multi-load AGV with Advanced AGV PF

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Emily K asked May 5, '23 Jeanette F edited May 9, '23

Choose the nearest multi-load AGV with Advanced AGV PF

Hi there,
By using dispatcher, it is easy to assign the agv which is nearest to the pickup point to transport the item. (https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/131764/assign-nearest-agv-without-processflow.html).
By if I want to use multi-load AGV, it is better to use Advanced AGV PF.
I want to test the performance of different dispatching multi-load AGV rules.
It seems like with nextworkpoint loop, agv will just follow the loop to find the next item. It is quite different from the dispatching rule, which chooses the nearest agv.
Is there any suggestion to adjust the Advanced AGV PF to achieve my goal?
Thanks for your kindness.

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.2.4

agv process flow multi load agv

Answer 1 · 2023-05-09T15:58:42Z

Jeanette F answered May 9, '23 Jeanette F edited May 9, '23

Hello @Emily K,

This is a template. You do not have to use it to use the AGV network. You can create your own.

In the case of the template it is created so that the assigning of work is done from the perspective of the AGV's. It would be difficult to add in distance as a factor. You can try and add in some queries to make it take distance into account when activating a parked AGV.

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