The New Dutch Timetable: The OR Revolution
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On April 14, 2008, INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences) announced Netherlands Railways to be the winner of the 2008 Franz Edelman Award. In this extended abstract, we give a short summary of both the paper [1] and the presenwe give a short summary of both the paper [1] and the presentation of the winning team.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Interfaces
دوره 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009