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Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry

Cynthia Barnhart
Cynthia Barnhart
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Peter Belobaba
Peter Belobaba
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Amedeo R. Odoni
Amedeo R. Odoni
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Cynthia Barnhart

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Peter Belobaba

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Amedeo R. Odoni

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Published Online:1 Nov 2003https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.37.4.368.23276

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