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Improving the applicability of workload control (WLC): the influence of sequence dependent set-up times on workload controlled job shops

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Improving the applicability of workload control (WLC): the influence of sequence dependent set-up times on workload controlled job shops. / Thurer, Matthias; Silva, Cristovao; Stevenson, Mark et al.
In: International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 50, No. 22, 2012, p. 6419-6430.

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Thurer M, Silva C, Stevenson M, Land M. Improving the applicability of workload control (WLC): the influence of sequence dependent set-up times on workload controlled job shops. International Journal of Production Research. 2012;50(22):6419-6430. doi: 10.1080/00207543.2011.648275

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Thurer, Matthias ; Silva, Cristovao ; Stevenson, Mark et al. / Improving the applicability of workload control (WLC) : the influence of sequence dependent set-up times on workload controlled job shops. In: International Journal of Production Research. 2012 ; Vol. 50, No. 22. pp. 6419-6430.

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