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Title: Circulant TSP special cases: Easily-solvable cases and improved approximations
Award ID(s):
2153331
PAR ID:
10598135
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ScienceDirect
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Operations Research Letters
Volume:
55
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0167-6377
Page Range / eLocation ID:
107133
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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