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Review of operator/machine interference models

KATHRYN E. STECKE Graduate School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1234, U.S.A.
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JAY E. ARONSON Department of Operations Research and Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 75275, U.S.A.
Pages 129-151 | Received 01 Mar 1984, Published online: 24 Oct 2007

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