Analysis of the Held-Karp Heuristic for the Traveling Salesman Problem

The Held-Karp heuristic for the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) has in practice provided near-optimal lower bounds on the cost of solutions to the TSP. We analyze the structure of Held-Karp solutions in order to shed light on their quality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williamson, D.P.
Published: 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149691