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  1. Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    Wilbert E. Wilhelm

  2. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

    John J. Jarvis

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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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Wilhelm, W.E., Jarvis, J.J. (2001). Industrial engineering and operations research — the interface. 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_453

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