A new two-stage variable neighborhood search algorithm for the nurse rostering problem

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 55, Number 2, March-April 2021


Page(s)		673 - 687
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2021027
Published online		31 March 2021

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