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Optimally loading tow trains for just-in-time supply of mixed-model assembly lines

Simon Emde Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Lehrstuhl für Operations Management, Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3, D-07743, Jena, Germany
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Malte Fliedner Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Lehrstuhl für Operations Management, Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3, D-07743, Jena, Germany
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Nils Boysen Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Lehrstuhl für Operations Management, Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3, D-07743, Jena, Germany
Pages 121-135 | Received 01 Sep 2009, Accepted 01 Mar 2011, Published online: 14 Dec 2011

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