Design for Postponement

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue C, 2003, Pages 199-226

  Swaminathan, Jayashankar M ^a   Lee, Hau L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950489471     PISSN: 09270507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0507(03)11005-5     Document Type: Review

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