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The Kth Traveling Salesman Problem is Pseudopolynomial when TSP is polynomial

Combinatorics 2017-04-11 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

Given an undirected graph G=(V,E)G=(V, E) with a weight function cREc\in R^E, and a positive integer KK, the Kth Traveling Salesman Problem (KthTSP) is to find KK Hamilton cycles H1,H2,,...,HKH_1, H_2, , ..., H_K such that, for any Hamilton cycle H∉{H1,H2,,...,HK}H\not \in \{H_1, H_2, , ..., H_K \}, we have c(H)c(Hi),i=1,2,...,Kc(H)\geq c(H_i), i=1, 2, ..., K. This problem is NP-hard even for KK fixed. We prove that KthTSP is pseudopolynomial when TSP is polynomial.

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@article{arxiv.1704.02782,
  title  = {The Kth Traveling Salesman Problem is Pseudopolynomial when TSP is polynomial},
  author = {Brahim Chaourar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02782},
  year   = {2017}
}

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