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A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem

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A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem. / Letchford, A N; Lysgaard, J; Eglese, R W.
In: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 58, No. 12, 2007, p. 1642-1651.

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Letchford, AN, Lysgaard, J & Eglese, RW 2007, 'A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 1642-1651. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602345

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Letchford AN, Lysgaard J, Eglese RW. A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2007;58(12):1642-1651. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602345

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Letchford, A N ; Lysgaard, J ; Eglese, R W. / A branch-and-cut algorithm for the capacitated open vehicle routing problem. In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2007 ; Vol. 58, No. 12. pp. 1642-1651.

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