Production economics: Integrating the microeconomic and engineering perspectives

Production Economics: Integrating the Microeconomic and Engineering Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-520

  Hackman, Steven T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75751-1     Document Type: Book

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