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Design of cellular production systems A graph-theoretic approach

R. RAJAGOPALAN Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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J. L. BATRA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
Pages 567-579 | Received 18 Mar 1974, Published online: 28 Mar 2007

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