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Technical Note—A Last Word on L = λW

Shaler Stidham, Jr.
Shaler Stidham, Jr.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Shaler Stidham, Jr.

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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Published Online:1 Apr 1974https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.22.2.417

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