English Explanatory Dictionary

Lin-Kernighan heuristic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. In combinatorial optimization, a heuristic for solving the symmetric travelling salesman problem, involving the swapping of pairs of subtours to make a new tour.

Word forms

Lin-Kernighan heuristic the Lin-Kernighan heuristic

Etymology

Devised by Shen Lin and Brian Kernighan.

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