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Configuring cellular manufacturing systems

HENRY C. CO The Manufacturing Decision Support and Optimization Laboratory, Department of Operations Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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ABDELAZIZ ARAAR The Manufacturing Decision Support and Optimization Laboratory, Department of Operations Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
Pages 1511-1522 | Received 01 May 1987, Published online: 16 May 2007

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