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A lexisearch algorithm for the Bottleneck Traveling Salesman Problem
Zakir H. Ahmed
Pages - 569 - 577     |    Revised - 22-01-2010     |    Published - 22-02-2010
Volume - 3   Issue - 6    |    Publication Date - January 2010  Table of Contents
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KEYWORDS
Bottleneck traveling salesman, Lexisearch, Bound, Alphabet table.
ABSTRACT
The Bottleneck Traveling Salesman Problem (BTSP) is a variation of the well-known Traveling Salesman Problem in which the objective is to minimize the maximum lap (arc length) in the tour of the salesman. In this paper, a lexisearch algorithm using adjacency representation for a tour has been developed for obtaining exact optimal solution to the problem. Then a comparative study has been carried out to show the efficiency of the algorithm as against existing exact algorithm for some randomly generated and TSPLIB instances of different sizes.
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Dr. Zakir H. Ahmed
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, - Saudi Arabia
zhahmed@gmail.com


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