Stochastic medical tourism problem with variable residence time considering gravity function

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 56, Number 3, May-June 2022


Page(s)		1685 - 1716
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2022082
Published online		30 June 2022

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