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Productivity of synchronized serial production lines with flexible reserve capacity

T. Freiheit Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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M. Shpitalni Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion- IIT, Haifa, Israel
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S. J. Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, 2250 GG Brown, 2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, USA
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Y. Koren Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, 2250 GG Brown, 2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, USA
Pages 2009-2027 | Received 01 Sep 2003, Published online: 21 Feb 2007

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