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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1287/INTE.2021.1087 Corpus ID: 244990595; Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A Review @article{Chowdu2021OperationsRI, title={Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A Review}, author={Akshay Chowdu and Peter Nesbitt and Andrea J. Brickey and Alexandra M. Newman}, journal={INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.}, year={2021}, …
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