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The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem

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The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem. / Black, Daniel; Eglese, Richard; Wøhlk, Sanne.
2015.

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Harvard

Black, D, Eglese, R & Wøhlk, S 2015 'The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem'.

APA

Black, D., Eglese, R., & Wøhlk, S. (2015). The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem.

Vancouver

Black D, Eglese R, Wøhlk S. The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem. 2015.

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Black, Daniel ; Eglese, Richard ; Wøhlk, Sanne. / The Time-Dependent Multiple-Vehicle Prize-Collecting Arc Routing Problem. 2015.

Bibtex

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