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Experimental investigation of FMS machine and AGV scheduling rules against the mean flow-time criterion

IHSAN SABUNCUOGLU Department of Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 06533
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DON L. HOMMERTZHEIM Department of Industrial Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 67208-1595, USA.
Pages 1617-1635 | Received 01 Jul 1991, Published online: 08 Jul 2010

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