Modeling the communication network in a sawmill

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Michael, Judd H ^a   Massey, Joseph G ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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