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A weighted approach for assembly line design with station paralleling and equipment selection

JOSEPH BUKCHIN Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel 69978
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JACOB RUBINOVITZ; Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 32000
Pages 73-85 | Published online: 10 Nov 2010

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