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1. Tu C-C, Cheng H. Spectral methods for graph
bisection problems. Comp. Oper Res 1998;25(7-8):
519-30.
2. Karp RM. Reducibility among combinatorial problems.
In: Miller RE, Thatcher
JW (Eds.). Complexity of
computer computations. New York: Plenum Press,
1992. p. 85-103.
3. Magazine M. Optimal policies for queueing
systems
with periodic review. Disertation, University of Florids,
USA,1969.
