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Throughput, flow times, and service level in an unreliable assembly system

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  • Liu, Liming & Yuan, Xue-Ming, 2001. "Throughput, flow times, and service level in an unreliable assembly system," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 135(3), pages 602-615, December.
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