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An application of vehicle scheduling techniques to the planning and operation of medical specimen collection services is described and a decision-making procedure suggested for use in this problem area. Some interesting results concerning the behaviour of vehicle scheduling savings algorithms, obtained during the course of the study, are also presented.
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McDonald, J. Vehicle Scheduling — A Case Study. J Oper Res Soc 23, 433–444 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1972.73
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1972.73