Practice Traveling Salesman Problem - 12.4 | 12. Intractability: Checking Algorithms | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Question 1

Easy

Define the Traveling Salesman Problem.

💡 Hint: Think about routes in delivery planning.

Question 2

Easy

What does NP-hard mean?

💡 Hint: Consider how quickly solutions can be checked.

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Question 1

What is the goal of the Traveling Salesman Problem?

  • To find the longest route
  • To find the shortest route that visits all cities
  • To find a random route

💡 Hint: Focus on what the salesman aims to achieve.

Question 2

True or False: The Traveling Salesman Problem can be solved in polynomial time for all instances.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Reflect on the complexity classifying problems.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a set of cities and distances between them, write a program that implements a heuristic to approximate a solution to the Traveling Salesman Problem.

💡 Hint: Start with a distance matrix and pick the shortest route iteratively.

Question 2

Explain how the NP-hard classification affects real-world applications of TSP in industries such as logistics and delivery services.

💡 Hint: Reflect on how companies deal with large travel demands.

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