Provides an in-depth treatment of the Traveling Salesman problem-the archetypical problem in combinatorial optimization. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of the problem, and has been written by an acknowledged expert in the field. Focusses on the essential ideas in a self-contained manner. Includes exercises and an extensive bibliography. | The Traveling Salesman Problem by E. L. Lawler, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters