Salesman Problem
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) seeks the shortest route visiting all points exactly once and returning to the origin, a classic optimization challenge with numerous real-world applications in logistics, robotics, and beyond. Current research focuses on improving solution speed and scalability for large-scale problems, employing diverse approaches such as graph neural networks (GNNs), reinforcement learning (RL), and hybrid methods combining classical algorithms with machine learning. These advancements are driving progress in solving complex variants of the TSP, including those with moving targets, obstacles, multiple agents, and capacity constraints, leading to more efficient solutions for real-world logistical and routing problems.
Papers
Comment on paper: Position: Rethinking Post-Hoc Search-Based Neural Approaches for Solving Large-Scale Traveling Salesman Problems
Yimeng Min
Eyeballing Combinatorial Problems: A Case Study of Using Multimodal Large Language Models to Solve Traveling Salesman Problems
Mohammed Elhenawy, Ahmed Abdelhay, Taqwa I. Alhadidi, Huthaifa I Ashqar, Shadi Jaradat, Ahmed Jaber, Sebastien Glaser, Andry Rakotonirainy