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J. Frank Sharp, James C. Snyder, James H. Greene, A Decomposition Algorithm for Solving the Multifacility Production-Transportation Problem with Nonlinear Production Costs, Econometrica, Vol. 38, No. 3 (May, 1970), pp. 490-506
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