tsp_moler


tsp_moler, a Python code which tries to optimize the traveling salesperson problem (TSP), written by Cleve Moler.

The code depends in part on randomization, and so the results are likely to vary each time it is run. Moler reports that the shortest itinerary he found had a length of 10818 miles, and is likely an optimum circuit.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

tsp_moler is available in a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. Cleve Moler,
    USA Traveling Salesman Tour,
    Posted 17 September 2018,
    logs.mathworks.com/cleve/2018/09/17/usa-traveling-salesman-tour/?s_tid=srchtitle_traveling%20salesman_1
  2. Great circle distance matrix between pairs of cities,
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance.

Source Code:


Last revised on 14 March 2023.