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Chapter 141, "Image Processing Order of Operations" (starting at p. 2808 in the Resolve 17.2 manual) goes into this in a little detail, but it doesn't reveal how multiple OFX plug-ins would affect each other in a row.
To me, you'd have to experiment a little, do some tests, and use some judgement as to how each effect is affecting the image. My guess is you'd want to use Deflicker first, then Automatic Dirt Removal, then a Noise FX filter (I assume you mean Noise Reduction) at the end. But according to the Order of Operations graphic, Noise Reduction actually affects clips before color, so that's a surprise to me. I'm not sure if it makes any difference if you use the normal Noise Reduction mode vs. the OFX Noise Reduction, or even a third-party OFX noise reducer like Neat Video. I'm guessing the latter would be long after Resolve's processing and would happen depending on where you put it in the node tree, but it's definitely something on which you'd have to experiment.
Having done this with film, in some cases we do multiple passes and might do one just with Deflicker (and no NR), then do the NR in a later render with a new file. And we might do some Automatic Dirt Removal, then bypass it and only use manual Dust Removal instead, to avoid any risk of harming the picture with excessive processing.