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Effectiveness of alternate operations in a flexible manufacturing system

W. E. WILHELM Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1971 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1271, U.S.A.
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HYUN-MYUNG SHIN Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1971 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1271, U.S.A.
Pages 65-79 | Received 01 Feb 1984, Published online: 24 Oct 2007

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