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- From: Arne W Flones <flonesaw@netonecom.net>
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- Subject: Re: Please don't shoot me (newbie question)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:13:47 -0400
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- Reuben Deil wrote:
- >
- > Please don't shoot me, either, but what is the Travelling Salesman
- > Problem?
- >
- > Reuben.
-
- Don't worry, I won't shoot. The travelling salesman problem
- is a classic Comp Sci problem (i.e., difficult to solve
- efficiently). It goes like this:
-
- A traveling salesman has to travel to several cities. The
- problem is to minimize the distance travelled without visiting a
- city more than once.
-
- It's a real poser. Try it sometime.
-
- Regards,
- Arne
- flonesaw@netonecom.net
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