Design and operation of flexible manufacturing systems : the kingdom of heuristic methods
RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Tome 21 (1987) no. 4, pp. 365-382. 
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de Werra, D. Design and operation of flexible manufacturing systems : the kingdom of heuristic methods. RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Tome 21 (1987) no. 4, pp. 365-382. http://www.numdam.org/item/RO_1987__21_4_365_0/

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