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A facility layout method for flexible manufacturing systemsFootnote∗

S. K. DAS Assistant Professor & Becton Dickinson Fellow of Manufacturing, Division of Industrial & Management Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
Pages 279-297 | Received 01 Jun 1992, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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