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Estimating throughput in an unbalanced assembly-like flow system

W. J. HOPP Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USAView further author information
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J. T. SIMON Department of Management, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
Pages 851-868 | Received 01 Apr 1992, Published online: 08 Jul 2010

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Rodrigo Romero-Silva & Margarita Hurtado-Hernández. (2023) The effects of supply variability on the performance of assembly systems. International Journal of Production Research 61:15, pages 4973-4990.
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