Learning from mistakes: A note on just-in-time systems

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 206-214

  Ocaña, Carlos ^a   Zemel, Eitan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0008788387     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.1.206     Document Type: Article

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