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The strategic value of flexibility in sequential decision making

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  • Benjaafar, Saifallah
  • Morin, Thomas L.
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  • Benjaafar, Saifallah & Morin, Thomas L. & Talavage, Joseph J., 1995. "The strategic value of flexibility in sequential decision making," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 438-457, May.
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