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Flexibility trade-offs in a random flexible manufacturing system: A simulation study

YASH P. GUPTA Department of Management, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA
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SAMEER GOYAL Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
Pages 527-557 | Received 01 Aug 1990, Published online: 28 Mar 2007

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