Mixed Integer Programming Optimization Models for Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages 278-282

  Gallagher, Richard J ^a   Lee, Eva K ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0346580217     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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