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Juan Pablo Wachs ( [e-mail]) is an assistant professor in the School of Industrial Engineering of Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Mathias Kölsch ( [e-mail]) is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department and Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation Institute of the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. helman Stern ( [e-mail]) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er She’eva, Israel.

Yael Edan ( [e-mail]) is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er She’eva, Israel.

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