Convergent Duality for the Traveling Salesman Problem

A constructive method is presented for optimizing exactly the Traveling Salesman Problem as a sequence of shortest route problems. The method combines group theoretic and Lagrangean relaxation constructions. Key Words: Traveling Salesman Problem, Lagrangean relaxation, shortest route problem, genera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shapiro, Jeremy F., 1939-
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Operations Research Center 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5199