Optimization Approaches for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Drone

Niels Agatz
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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Paul Bouman

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Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Published Online:6 Apr 2018https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2017.0791

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Received:June 25, 2016
Accepted:June 22, 2017
Published Online:April 06, 2018

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Niels Agatz, Paul Bouman, Marie Schmidt (2018) Optimization Approaches for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Drone. Transportation Science 52(4):965-981.

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