Abstract:
In this paper the problem of efficiently serving a sequence of requests presented in an on-line fashion located at points of a metric space is considered. We call this problem the On-Line Travelling Salesman Problem (OLTSP). It has a variety of relevant applications in logistics and robotics. We consider two versions of the problem. In the first one the server is not required to return to the departure point after all presented requests have been served. For this problem we derive a lower bound on the competitive ratio of 2 on the real line. Besides, a 2.5-competitive algorithm for a wide class of metric spaces, and a 7/3-competitive algorithm for the real line are provided. For the other version of the problem, in which returning to the departure point is required, we present an optimal 2-competitive algorithm for the above-mentioned general class of metric spaces. If in this case the metric space is the real line we present a 1.75-competitive algorithm that compares with a ≈1.64 lower bound.
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Título: | Algorithms for the on-line travelling salesman |
Autor: | Ausiello, G.; Feuerstein, E.; Leonardi, S.; Stougie, L.; Talamo, M. |
Filiación: | Dipto. di Informatica e Sistemistica, Univ. di Roma La Sapienza, via Salaria 113, 00198-Roma, Italy Departamento de Computación, Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad de General Sarmiento, Rxa 850, (1663) San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Department of Mathematics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Palabras clave: | Competitive analysis; On-line algorithms; Travelling salesman problem; Vehicle routing; Logistics; Problem solving; Robotics; Traveling salesman problem; On-line algorithms; Algorithms |
Año: | 2001
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Volumen: | 29
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Número: | 4
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Página de inicio: | 560
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Página de fin: | 581
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004530010071 |
Título revista: | Algorithmica (New York)
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Título revista abreviado: | Algorithmica (New York)
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ISSN: | 01784617
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CODEN: | ALGOE
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01784617_v29_n4_p560_Ausiello |
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Citas:
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Ausiello, G., Feuerstein, E., Leonardi, S., Stougie, L. & Talamo, M.
(2001)
. Algorithms for the on-line travelling salesman. Algorithmica (New York), 29(4), 560-581.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004530010071---------- CHICAGO ----------
Ausiello, G., Feuerstein, E., Leonardi, S., Stougie, L., Talamo, M.
"Algorithms for the on-line travelling salesman"
. Algorithmica (New York) 29, no. 4
(2001) : 560-581.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004530010071---------- MLA ----------
Ausiello, G., Feuerstein, E., Leonardi, S., Stougie, L., Talamo, M.
"Algorithms for the on-line travelling salesman"
. Algorithmica (New York), vol. 29, no. 4, 2001, pp. 560-581.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004530010071---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Ausiello, G., Feuerstein, E., Leonardi, S., Stougie, L., Talamo, M. Algorithms for the on-line travelling salesman. Algorithmica (New York). 2001;29(4):560-581.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004530010071