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traveling salesman problem

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traveling salesman problem [¦trav·əl·iŋ ′sālz·mən ‚präb·ləm]
(mathematics)
The problem of performing successively a number of tasks, represented by vertices of a graph, with the least expenditure on transitions from one task to another, represented by edges of the graph with journey costs attached.

(spelling)traveling salesman problem - US spelling of travelling salesman problem.


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Specific topics covered include inventory theory and location analysis, business process reengineering, statistical confidence intervals, forecasting techniques, network analysis such as the traveling salesman problem and PERT, and much more.
These improved ant algorithms are competitive with other state-of-the-art approaches to the traveling salesman problem, Dorigo says.
The traveling salesman problem consists of having a variety of routes to consider and striving to choose the best path based on factors such as distance, latency, bandwidth, etc.
 
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