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Production Planning & Control
The Management of Operations
Volume 13, 2002 - Issue 2
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A simulation study comparing performance of CONWIP and bottleneck-based release rules

Wendell G. Gilland
Pages 211-219 | Published online: 15 Nov 2010

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