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Solving a home-care districting problem in an urban setting

M BlaisUrgences-Santé 3232, rue Bélanger H1Y 3H5MontrealCanada
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S D LapierreÉcole Polytechnique, C.P. 6079, Succursale Centre-VilleH3C 3A7MontrealCanada;Centre de recherche sur les transports, (CRT) Universite de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-VilleH3C 3J7MontrealCanada
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G LaporteCentre de recherche sur les transports, (CRT) Universite de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-VilleH3C 3J7MontrealCanada;Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management, HEC Montréal, 3000 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-CatherineH3T 2A7MontrealCanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1141-1147 | Received 01 Aug 2002, Accepted 01 Jul 2003, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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