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Recently, there has been great interest in improving both operators and criteria of Optimization techniques. \citep{Yuan2013}


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S. Yuan, B. Skinner, S. Huang, D. Liu, A new crossover approach for solving the multiple travelling salesmen problem using genetic algorithms, Eur. J. Oper. Res. 228  (2013) 72–82.
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