Optimality of the shortest line discipline

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DOI10.2307/3213271zbMath0357.60023OpenAlexW1997049009MaRDI QIDQ4130153

Wayne L. Winston

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3213271




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