Optimizing organ allocation and acceptance

Springer Optimization and Its Applications

Volumn 26, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-24

  Alagoz, Oguzhan ^a   Schaefer, Andrew J ^b   Roberts, Mark S ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84976469824     PISSN: 19316828     EISSN: 19316836     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09770-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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