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Current Issues in Method and Practice

Optimizing the routes of the hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus in Taipei city: a new method based on the criteria from major tourism cities

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Pages 3422-3438 | Received 17 Feb 2022, Accepted 20 Oct 2022, Published online: 26 Nov 2022

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