Blocking policies in pharmaceutical transfer lines

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 1998, Pages 323-347

  Dogan Sahiner, Esra ^a   Altiok, Tayfur ^b  

^a GTE Enterprise   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

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EID: 0032392274     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018983024118     Document Type: Article

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