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Chrobak, M., Larmore, L.L. (1998). Metrical task systems, the server problem and the work function algorithm. In: Fiat, A., Woeginger, G.J. (eds) Online Algorithms. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1442. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0029565
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