Tuesday 3 December 2013

Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)

Assuming the salesman has to visit 'n' cities.He wishes to start from a particular city visit each city once and return to his starting point.His objective is to select a sequence in which the total travelling time is minimized.

MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION:
Let Cij be the distance or time or cost of going from city 'i' to city 'j'.
Let the decision variable Xij=1, if the salesman travels from city'i' to city 'j', otherwise 0.
The objective is to minimize the travelling time.

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