If the computation of each path were to take one microsecond in the travelling salesman problem, then trying to solve the problem using brute force becomes practically impossible beyond perhaps 12 ...

Solution of a TSP with 7 cities using a simple Branch and bound algorithm. The number of permutations is much less than Brute force search. Progressive improvement algorithms which use techniques ...

The Travelling Salesman Problem with Pickups and Deliveries (TSPPD) consists in designing a minimum cost tour that starts at the depot, provides either a pickup or delivery service to each of the ...