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The optimal assignment of spontaneous volunteers

Maria E. MayorgaDepartment of Industrial and Systems EngineeringNorth Carolina State University Campus Box 7906 27695RaleighNCUSACorrespondence[email protected]
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Emmett J. LodreeDepartment of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of CommerceUniversity of Alabama35487TuscaloosaALUSACorrespondence[email protected]
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Justin WolczynskiOperations Research ProgramNorth Carolina State University27695RaleighNCUSACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1106-1116 | Received 16 Nov 2015, Accepted 08 Mar 2017, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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