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For the distance matrix of symmetric traveling salesman problems a simple transformation into an equivalent asymmetric one is given. Assignment algorithms yield sharper lowerbounds and less subtours ...

As database managers for websites like the New Zealand census bureau have begun releasing a wide variety of information online, new operations research techniques are helping to balance the public’s ...