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Constant factor approximation for ATSP with two edge weights

Svensson, Ola  
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Tarnawski, Jakub  
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Vegh, Laszlo A.
November 1, 2018
Mathematical Programming

We give a constant factor approximation algorithm for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem on shortest path metrics of directed graphs with two different edge weights. For the case of unit edge weights, the first constant factor approximation was given recently by Svensson. This was accomplished by introducing an easier problem called Local-Connectivity ATSP and showing that a good solution to this problem can be used to obtain a constant factor approximation for ATSP. In this paper, we solve Local-Connectivity ATSP for two different edge weights. The solution is based on a flow decomposition theorem for solutions of the Held-Karp relaxation, which may be of independent interest.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s10107-017-1195-7
Web of Science ID

WOS:000447751100018

Author(s)
Svensson, Ola  
Tarnawski, Jakub  
Vegh, Laszlo A.
Date Issued

2018-11-01

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

Published in
Mathematical Programming
Volume

172

Issue

1-2

Start page

371

End page

397

Subjects

Computer Science, Software Engineering

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Operations Research & Management Science

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Mathematics, Applied

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Computer Science

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Mathematics

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traveling salesman problem

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tsp

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REVIEWED

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EPFL units
THL2  
Available on Infoscience
November 14, 2018
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