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Traveling Salesman Problem Comparisons between heuristics, linear and semidefinite programming approximations

Kruithof, M.W. (2012) Traveling Salesman Problem Comparisons between heuristics, linear and semidefinite programming approximations. Master's Thesis / Essay, Mathematics.

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Abstract

In this thesis we investigate linear and semidefinite programming approximations for the Traveling Salesman Problem: the problem of finding the tour of minimum length that visits each city exactly ones. We conduct numerical comparisons between the Held-Karp and the Van der Veen relaxations for the symmetric circulant Traveling Salesman Problem. Out of these comparisons we conjecture that these bounds are equal. Furthermore, we construct a heuristic to find a tour out of the solution matrix of the best existing semidefinite programming approximation of the Traveling Salesman Problem. Most of the time our method gives a tour value closer to the optimum than existing tour construction methods like nearest-neighbor and farthest insertion.

Item Type: Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay)
Degree programme: Mathematics
Thesis type: Master's Thesis / Essay
Language: English
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2018 07:48
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2018 07:48
URI: https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/10233

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