Design of a scheduling system for flexible manufacturing cells†

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• †This paper is based on PhD research performed by D.-Y. Chan at Arizona State University: ‘Design of a scheduling system for a flexible manufacturing cell’. A complete copy of the paper may be obtained through University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
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