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An improved Ant System algorithm for theVehicle Routing Problem
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bullnheimer, B., Hartl, R. F., & Strauss, C.
- Venue
- Annals of Operations Research
- Published
- 1999-01
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 0
- Pages
- 319-328
- ISSN
- 0254-5330 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-9338
- OpenAlex
- W2058569171
- Cited by
- 548
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 40.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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