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Unconstrained Traveling Tournament Problem is APX-complete

Data Structures and Algorithms 2022-12-20 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that the Unconstrained Traveling Tournament Problem (UTTP) is APX-complete by presenting an L-reduction from a version of metric (1,2)-TSP to UTTP. Keywords: Traveling Tournament Problem, APX-complete, Approximation algorithms, Traveling Salesman Problem

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@article{arxiv.2212.09165,
  title  = {Unconstrained Traveling Tournament Problem is APX-complete},
  author = {Salomon Bendayan and Joseph Cheriyan and Kevin K. H. Cheung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.09165},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

The results of this paper appear in preliminary form in the thesis of the first author "The Traveling Tournament Problem'', Master's thesis, University of Waterloo, 2022. See: https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/18553

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