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Modern Computational Methods in Reinsurance Optimization: From Simulated Annealing to Quantum Branch & Bound
Damian S. Steiger / George Woodman / Helmut G. Katzgraber / Marcin Detyniecki / Martin J. A. Schuetz / Ruben S. Andrist / Thomas Häner
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Modern Computational Methods in Reinsurance Optimization: From Simulated Annealing to Quantum Branch & Bound

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by Damian S. Steiger, George Woodman, Helmut G. Katzgraber, Marcin Detyniecki, Martin J. A. Schuetz, Ruben S. Andrist, Thomas Häner

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