Strategic Network Design for Parcel Delivery with Drones Under Competition

Gohram Baloch
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Gohram Baloch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-8776
Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;
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Fatma Gzara
Fatma Gzara
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8597
Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Gohram Baloch

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Gohram Baloch

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-8776

Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;

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Fatma Gzara

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8597

Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

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Published Online:6 Jan 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2019.0928

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