Simulated annealing approach to nurse rostering benchmark and real-world instances

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Simulated annealing approach to nurse rostering benchmark and real-world instances. / Knust, Frederik; Xie, Lin.
in: Annals of Operations Research, Jahrgang 272, Nr. 1-2, 01.01.2019, S. 187-216.

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Knust F, Xie L. Simulated annealing approach to nurse rostering benchmark and real-world instances. Annals of Operations Research. 2019 Jan 1;272(1-2):187-216. Epub 2017 Jun 7. doi: 10.1007/s10479-017-2546-8

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