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Developing effective meta-heuristics for a probabilistic location model via experimental design

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  • Rajagopalan, Hari K.
  • Vergara, F. Elizabeth
  • Saydam, Cem
  • Xiao, Jing

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  • Rajagopalan, Hari K. & Vergara, F. Elizabeth & Saydam, Cem & Xiao, Jing, 2007. "Developing effective meta-heuristics for a probabilistic location model via experimental design," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 177(1), pages 83-101, February.
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