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Combinatorial optimization

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Dijkstra's algorithm
graph search algorithm
travelling salesperson problem
NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization
A* search algorithm
algorithm used for pathfinding and graph traversal
knapsack problem
problem in combinatorial optimization
matching
set of edges without common vertices
Hungarian algorithm
combinatorial optimization algorithm for the assignment problem
weight function
construct related to weighted sums and averages
integer programming
mathematical optimization problem in which variables are restricted to be integers
Max-flow min-cut theorem
theorem in optimization theory
combinatorial optimization
subset of mathematical optimization
branch and bound
algorithm for optimization problems
vehicle routing problem
combinatorial optimization problem about the optimal set of routes for a fleet of vehicles to traverse in order to deliver to a given set of customers
cut
in graph theory, partition of the vertices in two sets
maximum cut
a cut of a graph whose size is at least the size of any other cut
Jack Edmonds
Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, born 1934
assignment problem
combinatorial optimization problem
smallest-circle problem
mathematical problem of computing the smallest circle that contains all of a given set of points in the Euclidean plane
branch and cut
procedure in combinatorial optimization
ellipsoid method
iterative method for minimizing convex functions
Kernighan–Lin algorithm
algorithm for graph partitioning
bridge and torch problem
logic puzzle
linear programming relaxation
linear program that arises by removing the integrality constraints in an integer program
change-making problem
the computational problem of choosing as few coins as possible that add up to a given amount of money
Quadratic assignment problem
combinatorial optimization problem
B*
In computer science, B* (pronounced "B star") is a best-first graph search algorithm that finds the least-cost path from a given initial node to any goal node (out of one or more possible goals). First published by Hans Berliner in 1979, it is related to the A* search algorithm.
extremal combinatorics
study of maximum or minimum size of a set under given conditions
cutting stock problem
mathematical problem in operations research