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A survey on problems and methods in generalized assembly line balancing

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  • Armin Scholl

    (University of Jena, Faculty of Economics)

  • Christian Becker

    (University of Jena, Faculty of Economics)

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  • Armin Scholl & Christian Becker, 2003. "A survey on problems and methods in generalized assembly line balancing," Jenaer Schriften zur Wirtschaftswissenschaft (Expired!) 21/2003, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
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