A production line that balances itself

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-34

  Bartholdi III, John J ^a   Eisenstein, Donald D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0002622989     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.1.21     Document Type: Article

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