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Ce document présente un modèle intégrateur de la logistique inverse. Le modèle est générique et peut servir à différents types d’entreprises. Le contexte du...

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We consider the multiple depot vehicle scheduling problem (MDVSP) and propose a branch-and-bound algorithm for solving it that combines column generation, va...

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