3-opt

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In optimization, 3-opt is a simple local search algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem and related network optimization problems .

[edit] See also

• local search (optimization)

[edit] References

• F. BOCK (1965). An algorithm for solving traveling-salesman and related network optimization problems. unpublished manuscript associated with talk presented at the 14th ORSA National Meeting. 

• S. LIN (1965). Computer solutions of the traveling salesman problem. Bell Syst. Tech. J. 44, 2245-2269.. 

• S. LIN AND B. W. KERNIGHAN (1973). An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem. Operations Res. 21, 498-516.. 

[edit] External links

• The Traveling Salesman Problem: A Case Study in Local Optimization