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Book Title: Selfish Routing And The Price Of Anarchy
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Tim Roughgarden
Publication Name: Selfish Routing and the Price of Anarchy
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
