An integrated simulation-data envelopment analysis approach for impact of line-seru conversion

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 58, Number 6, November-December 2024


Page(s)		4819 - 4859
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2024195
Published online		19 November 2024

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