The Big Traveling Salesman and Mathematics At The Limits of Computation

Authors

  • K. C. James Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joprm.v4i3.7166

Keywords:

Proctor, TSP, IBM, Heuristic methods, Mahalanobis

Abstract

The travelling salesman problem (TSP) is a well-known problem in the field of operations research and has applications in many areas including manufacturing and production. This article is a small review of the book titled “In pursuit of the traveling salesman: mathematics at the limits of computation” written by William J. Cook published in 2012 by PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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Published

2023-07-26

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2014)

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