This paper presents an in-depth computational comparison of the basic solution algorithms for solving transportation problems. The comparison is performed using "state of the art" computer codes for ...

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Every Thanksgiving, from when I was a little kid up until 2016, I used to travel from Iowa City to Chicago to visit my grandparents in the city. It was a three-and-a-half-hour trip, not including ...

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