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A comparison of deadlock avoidance policies in flexible manufacturing systems

Bryan Hosack Department of Management Information Systems College of Business, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-1110, USA
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Farzad Mahmoodi Clarkson University School of Business, Box 5740, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5740, USA
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Charles T. Mosier
Pages 2991-3006 | Published online: 14 Nov 2010

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