Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems Advances in Design, Performance Evaluation, and Control Issues
G. Liberopoulos · C. T. Papadopoulos · B. Tan J. MacGregor Smith · S. B. Gershwin Editors
Stochastic Modeling of Manufacturing Systems Advances in Design, Performance Evaluation, and Control Issues
With 121 Figures and 91 Tables
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George Liberopoulos Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Thessaly 38334 Volos Greece E-mail:
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J. M. Smith Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 USA E-mail:
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Chrissoleon T. Papadopoulos Department of Economic Sciences Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54124 Thessaloniki Greece E-mail:
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Stanley B. Gershwin Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 USA E-mail:
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Barıs¸ Tan Graduate School of Business Koç University 80910 Sariyer, Istanbul Turkey E-mail:
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Parts of the papers of this volume have been published in the journal OR Spectrum.
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