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Multidimensional Assignment Problem

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Kammerdiner, A.R. (2008). Multidimensional Assignment Problem . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_411

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