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On the efficiency of unbalancing production lines

K. C. SO AT&T Bell Laboratories, P.O. Box 900, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
Pages 717-729 | Received 01 Feb 1988, Published online: 29 Mar 2007

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Anthony L. Patti, Kevin Watson & John H. Blackstone$suffix/text()$suffix/text(). (2008) The shape of protective capacity in unbalanced production systems with unplanned machine downtime. Production Planning & Control 19:5, pages 486-494.
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K. C. SO. (1990) On the efficiency of unbalancing production lines: a reply to an alternative interpretation. International Journal of Production Research 28:6, pages 1221-1222.
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