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Matroid Intersection and its application to a Multiple Depot, Multiple TSP

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  • Rathinam, Sivakumar
  • Sengupta, Raja

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This paper extends the Held-Karp’s lower bound available for a single Travelling Salesman Problem to the following symmetric Multiple Depot, Multiple Travelling Salesman Problem (MDMTSP): Given k salesman that start at di

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  • Rathinam, Sivakumar & Sengupta, Raja, 2006. "Matroid Intersection and its application to a Multiple Depot, Multiple TSP," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt9sj6585p, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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