A NEW LOOK AT THE BOWL PHENOMENON
An interesting empirical result in the assembly line literature states that slightly unbalanced assembly lines (in the format of a bowl - with central stations less loaded than the external ones) present higher throughputs than perfectly balanced ones. This effect is known as the bowl phenomenon. In...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Pesquisa Operacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-74382015000100057&lng=en&tlng=en |