A relax and cut approach using the multi-commodity flow formulation for the traveling salesman problem

In this paper we explore the multi-commodity flow formulation for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem (ATSP) to obtain dual bounds. The procedure employed is a variant of a relax and cut procedure proposed in the literature that computes the Lagrangean multipliers associated to the subtour eli...

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Authors: Makswell Seyiti Kawashima, Socorro Rangel, Igor Litvinchev, Luis Infante
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:México
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Repository:Redalyc-UANL
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:49639089005
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=49639089005
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ingeniería
relax and cut
Lagrangean relaxation
Traveling salesman problem
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Summary:In this paper we explore the multi-commodity flow formulation for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem (ATSP) to obtain dual bounds. The procedure employed is a variant of a relax and cut procedure proposed in the literature that computes the Lagrangean multipliers associated to the subtour elimination constraints preserving the optimality of the multipliers associated to the assignment constraints. The results obtained by the computational study are encouraging and show that the proposed algorithm generated good dual bounds for the ATSP with a low execution time.