Flexible Service Capacity: Optimal Investment and the Impact of Demand Correlation
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Flexible Service Capacity: Optimal Investment and the Impact of Demand Correlation
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عنوان ژورنال: Operations Research
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0030-364X,1526-5463
DOI: 10.1287/opre.50.2.375.428