Performance of Bucket Brigades When Work Is Stochastic

DOI10.1287/OPRE.49.5.710.10609zbMath1163.90449OpenAlexW2157916406MaRDI QIDQ3635031

Robert D. Foley, Donald D. Eisenstein, John J. III Bartholdi

Publication date: 3 July 2009

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.49.5.710.10609

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30)

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