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  1. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Filmore Bender

  2. McCormick and Company, Sparks, Maryland, USA

    Gerald Kahan

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  1. Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Part, Maryland, USA

    Saul I. Gass

  2. School of Information Technology & Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

    Carl M. Harris

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Bender, F., Kahan, G. (2001). Agriculture and the food industry . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_22

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