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Comparative assessment of deterministic methodologies for estimating excavation productivity

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|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2023-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1847-6228 | Journal ISSN: 1847-5450
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 78
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2022
Accepted on: Jan 29, 2023
Published on: Sep 11, 2023
Published by: University of Zagreb
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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