diff -r ae0b056593a7 -r 62ba43576f85 doc/groups.dox --- a/doc/groups.dox Sat Jan 08 21:59:56 2011 +0100 +++ b/doc/groups.dox Sat Jan 08 22:49:09 2011 +0100 @@ -549,6 +549,31 @@ \image html planar.png \image latex planar.eps "Plane graph" width=\textwidth */ + +/** +@defgroup tsp Traveling Salesman Problem +@ingroup algs +\brief Algorithms for the symmetric traveling salesman problem + +This group contains basic heuristic algorithms for the the symmetric +\e traveling \e salesman \e problem (TSP). +Given an \ref FullGraph "undirected full graph" with a cost map on its edges, +the problem is to find a shortest possible tour that visits each node exactly +once (i.e. the minimum cost Hamiltonian cycle). + +These TSP algorithms should be used with a +metric cost function. Otherwise, they could yield worse results. + +LEMON provides five well-known heuristics for solving symmetric TSP: + - \ref NearestNeighborTsp Neareast neighbor algorithm + - \ref GreedyTsp Greedy algorithm + - \ref InsertionTsp Insertion heuristic (with four selection methods) + - \ref ChristofidesTsp Christofides algorithm + - \ref Opt2Tsp 2-opt algorithm + +\image html tsp.png +\image latex tsp.eps "Traveling salesman problem" width=\textwidth +*/ /** @defgroup approx_algs Approximation Algorithms