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Barnhart, C., Cohn, A.M., Johnson, E.L., Klabjan, D., Nemhauser, G.L., Vance, P.H. (2003). Airline Crew Scheduling. In: Hall, R.W. (eds) Handbook of Transportation Science. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 56. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48058-1_14

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