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The x-and-y-axes travelling salesman problem

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  • Çela, Eranda
  • Deineko, Vladimir
  • Woeginger, Gerhard J.

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The x-and-y-axes travelling salesman problem forms a special case of the Euclidean TSP, where all cities are situated on the x-axis and on the y-axis of an orthogonal coordinate system of the Euclidean plane. By carefully analyzing the underlying combinatorial and geometric structures, we show that this problem can be solved in polynomial time. The running time of the resulting algorithm is quadratic in the number of cities.

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  • Çela, Eranda & Deineko, Vladimir & Woeginger, Gerhard J., 2012. "The x-and-y-axes travelling salesman problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(2), pages 333-345.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:223:y:2012:i:2:p:333-345
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.036
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    1. Wang, Zutong & Guo, Jiansheng & Zheng, Mingfa & Wang, Ying, 2015. "Uncertain multiobjective traveling salesman problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 241(2), pages 478-489.

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