Another look at the shoelace TSP : the case of very old shoes

V.G. Deineko, G.J. Woeginger

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What is the most efficient way of lacing a shoe? Mathematically speaking, this question concerns the structure of certain special cases of the bipartite travelling salesman problem (BTSP). We show that techniques developed for the analysis of the (standard) TSP may be applied successfully to characterize well-solvable cases of the BTSP and the shoelace problem. In particular, we present a polynomial time algorithm that decides whether there exists a renumbering of the cities such that the resulting distance matrix carries a benevolent combinatorial structure that allows one to write down the optimal solution without further analysis of input data. Our results generalize previously published well-solvable cases of the shoelace problem. Keywords: Bipartite travelling salesman problem; shoelace problem; polynomially solvable case; relaxed Monge matrix; pick-and-place robot
Originele taal-2Engels
TitelFun with Algorithms (7th International Conference, FUN 2014, Lipari Island, Sicily, Italy, July 1-3, 2014. Proceedings)
RedacteurenA. Ferro, F. Luccio, P. Widmayer
Plaats van productieBerlin
UitgeverijSpringer
Pagina's125-136
ISBN van geprinte versie978-3-319-07889-2
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 2014
Evenement7th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2014) - Lipari Island, Sicily, Italië
Duur: 1 jul. 20143 jul. 2014
Congresnummer: 7

Publicatie series

NaamLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume8496
ISSN van geprinte versie0302-9743

Congres

Congres7th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2014)
Verkorte titelFUN 2014
Land/RegioItalië
StadLipari Island, Sicily
Periode1/07/143/07/14
Ander7th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms

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