Etymology

Lin-Kernighan heuristic

Today it means: In combinatorial optimization, a heuristic for solving the symmetric travelling salesman problem, involving the swapping of pairs of subtours to make a new tour. Full definition →

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Devised by Shen Lin and Brian Kernighan.

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