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traveling purchaser problem

traveling purchaser problem noun: an NP-hard optimization problem. Given a list of marketplaces, the cost of traveling between different marketplaces, and a list of available goods together with the price of each such good at each marketplace, the task is to find the route with the minimum combined cost of purchases and travel.

Noun

traveling purchaser problem (plural traveling purchaser problems)

  1. An NP-hard optimization problem. Given a list of marketplaces, the cost of traveling between different marketplaces, and a list of available goods together with the price of each such good at each marketplace, the task is to find the route with the minimum combined cost of purchases and travel.

Forms of traveling purchaser problem

pluraltraveling purchaser problems

Questions about traveling purchaser problem

What does traveling purchaser problem mean?
Traveling purchaser problem means an NP-hard optimization problem. Given a list of marketplaces, the cost of traveling between different marketplaces, and a list of available goods together with the price of each such good at each marketplace, the task is to find the route with the minimum combined cost of purchases and travel.
What part of speech is traveling purchaser problem?
Traveling purchaser problem is a noun.
What is the plural of traveling purchaser problem?
The plural of traveling purchaser problem is traveling purchaser problems.

Words near traveling purchaser problem in the dictionary

  1. traveling
  2. traveling crane
  3. traveling cranes
  4. traveling expenses
  5. traveling light
  6. traveling purchaser problem
  7. traveling salesman
  8. traveling salesman problem
  9. traveling salesmen
  10. traveling wave
  11. traveling wave tube

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