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Incorporating physical demand criteria into assembly line balancing

BRIAN J. CARNAHAN Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, 207 Dunstan Hall, AL, 36849, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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BRYAN A. NORMAN Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Pittsburgh, 1048 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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MARK S. REDFERN Department of Bioengineering, The University of Pittsburgh, 1048 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 875-887 | Received 01 Sep 1999, Accepted 01 Jun 2000, Published online: 26 Apr 2007

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