An approximation scheme for some Steiner tree problems in the plane

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Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Wang, Lusheng ^a,b   Jiang, Tao ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Davis   (United States)

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EID: 0038971681     PISSN: 00283045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0037(199612)28:4<187::AID-NET3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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