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Service Facility Location and Design with Pricing and Waiting-Time Considerations

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Supply Chain Optimization

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  1. Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403

    Michael S. Pangburn

  2. McCallum School of Business, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, 02452

    Euthemia Stavrulaki

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  1. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Pangburn, M.S., Stavrulaki, E. (2005). Service Facility Location and Design with Pricing and Waiting-Time Considerations. In: Geunes, J., Pardalos, P.M. (eds) Supply Chain Optimization. Applied Optimization, vol 98. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26281-4_7

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