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Trades and defining sets: theoretical and computational results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Colin Ramsay
Affiliation:
Centre for Discrete Mathematics and ComputingDepartment of Computer Science and Electrical EngineeringThe University of QueenslandQueensland 4072Australia e-mail: cram@csee.uq.edu.au
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Abstracts of Australasian Ph.D. Theses
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999

References

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