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Modelling the performance of flexible manufacturing systems

DAVID D. YAO Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia Universitv, New York, 10027, U.S.A.
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J. A. BUZACOTT Department of Management Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
Pages 945-959 | Published online: 25 Apr 2007

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