Problema del venditore in viaggio utilizzando Branch e Bound

Problema del venditore in viaggio utilizzando Branch e Bound

Dato una serie di città e distanza tra ogni coppia di città, il problema è trovare il tour più breve possibile che visita ogni città esattamente una volta e torna al punto di partenza.
 

Euler1


Ad esempio, considera il grafico mostrato nella figura sul lato destro. Un tour TSP nel grafico è 0-1-3-2-0. Il costo del tour è di 10+25+30+15 che è 80.
Abbiamo discusso di seguenti soluzioni 
1) Programmazione ingenua e dinamica  
2) Soluzione approssimativa usando MST
  
 
Branch e soluzione legata  
Come visto negli articoli precedenti in Branch and Bound Method per il nodo corrente nell'albero calcoliamo un limite sulla migliore soluzione possibile che possiamo ottenere se giù per questo nodo. Se il limite sulla migliore soluzione possibile è peggiore del meglio attuale (meglio calcolato finora), ignoriamo il sottostruttura radicata con il nodo. 
Si noti che il costo attraverso un nodo include due costi. 
1) Costo per raggiungere il nodo dalla radice (quando raggiungiamo un nodo abbiamo questo costo calcolato) 
2) Costo per raggiungere una risposta dal nodo corrente a una foglia (calcoliamo un limite su questo costo per decidere se ignorare o meno questo nodo).
 

  • In caso di a problema di massimizzazione Un limite superiore ci dice la soluzione massima possibile se seguiamo il nodo dato. Per esempio in 0/1 zaino abbiamo usato un approccio avido per trovare un limite superiore .
  • In caso di a problema di minimizzazione Un limite inferiore ci dice la soluzione minima possibile se seguiamo il nodo dato. Per esempio in Problema di assegnazione del lavoro Otteniamo un limite inferiore assegnando un lavoro di minor costo a un lavoratore.


In ramo e il limite, la parte impegnativa è trovare un modo per calcolare un limite alla migliore soluzione possibile. Di seguito è riportata un'idea utilizzata per calcolare i limiti per il problema del venditore di viaggio.
Il costo di qualsiasi tour può essere scritto come di seguito.
 

Cost of a tour T = (1/2) * ? (Sum of cost of two edges adjacent to u and in the tour T) where u ? V For every vertex u if we consider two edges through it in T and sum their costs. The overall sum for all vertices would be twice of cost of tour T (We have considered every edge twice.) (Sum of two tour edges adjacent to u) >= (sum of minimum weight two edges adjacent to u) Cost of any tour >= 1/2) * ? (Sum of cost of two minimum weight edges adjacent to u) where u ? V 


Ad esempio, considera il grafico mostrato sopra. Di seguito sono riportati il ​​costo minimo due bordi adiacenti a ogni nodo. 
 

Node Least cost edges Total cost 0 (0 1) (0 2) 25 1 (0 1) (1 3) 35 2 (0 2) (2 3) 45 3 (0 3) (1 3) 45 Thus a lower bound on the cost of any tour = 1/2(25 + 35 + 45 + 45) = 75 Refer   this   for one more example. 


Ora abbiamo un'idea del calcolo del limite inferiore. Vediamo come applicarlo all'albero di ricerca dello spazio. Iniziamo a elencare tutti i nodi possibili (preferibilmente in ordine lessicografico)
1. Il nodo radice: Senza perdita di generalità supponiamo che iniziamo dal Vertex '0' per il quale il limite inferiore è stato calcolato sopra.
Affrontare il livello 2: Il livello successivo elenca tutti i possibili vertici a cui possiamo andare (tenendo presente che in qualsiasi percorso un vertice deve avvenire solo una volta) che sono 1 2 3 ... N (si noti che il grafico è completo). Considera che stiamo calcolando per Vertex 1 da quando siamo passati da 0 a 1 il nostro tour ha ora incluso il bordo 0-1. Ciò ci consente di apportare le modifiche necessarie nel limite inferiore della radice. 
 

Lower Bound for vertex 1 = Old lower bound - ((minimum edge cost of 0 + minimum edge cost of 1) / 2) + (edge cost 0-1) 


Come funziona? Per includere il bordo 0-1 aggiungiamo il costo del bordo di 0-1 e sottraggiamo un peso del bordo in modo tale che il limite inferiore rimane il più stretto possibile, che sarebbe la somma dei bordi minimi di 0 e 1 diviso per 2. Chiaramente il bordo sottratto non può essere più piccolo di questo.
Affrontare altri livelli: Mentre passiamo al livello successivo, enumiamo di nuovo tutti i possibili vertici. Per il caso sopra che va oltre dopo 1 che controlliamo per 2 3 4 ... n. 
Prendi in considerazione il limite inferiore per 2 quando ci spostavamo da 1 a 1 includiamo il bordo 1-2 al tour e alteriamo il nuovo limite inferiore per questo nodo.
 

Lower bound(2) = Old lower bound - ((second minimum edge cost of 1 + minimum edge cost of 2)/2) + edge cost 1-2) 


Nota: l'unica modifica nella formula è che questa volta abbiamo incluso il secondo costo minimo per 1 perché il costo del bordo minimo è già stato sottratto al livello precedente. 
 

C++
   // C++ program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   #include          using     namespace     std  ;   const     int     N     =     4  ;   // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the   // path of the salesman.   int     final_path  [  N  +  1  ];   // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes   // in a particular path   bool     visited  [  N  ];   // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.   int     final_res     =     INT_MAX  ;   // Function to copy temporary solution to   // the final solution   void     copyToFinal  (  int     curr_path  [])   {      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];   }   // Function to find the minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   int     firstMin  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     i  )   {      int     min     =     INT_MAX  ;      for     (  int     k  =  0  ;     k   <  N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]   <  min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ];      return     min  ;   }   // function to find the second minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   int     secondMin  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     i  )   {      int     first     =     INT_MAX       second     =     INT_MAX  ;      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <  N  ;     j  ++  )      {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  )      {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&      adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      return     second  ;   }   // function that takes as arguments:   // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   // level-> current level while moving in the search   // space tree   // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which   // would later be copied to final_path[]   void     TSPRec  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     int     curr_bound       int     curr_weight        int     level       int     curr_path  [])   {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level  ==  N  )      {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !=     0  )      {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight     +      adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]];      // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ]     !=     0     &&      visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )      {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ];      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level  ==  1  )      curr_bound     -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level  -1  ])     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      else      curr_bound     -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level  -1  ])     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )      {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level  +  1        curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -1  ]][  i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      memset  (  visited       false       sizeof  (  visited  ));      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <=  level  -1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }   }   // This function sets up final_path[]    void     TSP  (  int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ])   {      int     curr_path  [  N  +  1  ];      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      memset  (  curr_path       -1       sizeof  (  curr_path  ));      memset  (  visited       0       sizeof  (  curr_path  ));      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <  N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound     +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +      secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound  &  1  )  ?     curr_bound  /  2     +     1     :      curr_bound  /  2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );   }   // Driver code   int     main  ()   {      //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int     adj  [  N  ][  N  ]     =     {     {  0       10       15       20  }      {  10       0       35       25  }      {  15       35       0       30  }      {  20       25       30       0  }      };      TSP  (  adj  );      printf  (  'Minimum cost : %d  n  '       final_res  );      printf  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i  =  0  ;     i   <=  N  ;     i  ++  )      printf  (  '%d '       final_path  [  i  ]);      return     0  ;   }   
Java
   // Java program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   import     java.util.*  ;   class   GFG   {          static     int     N     =     4  ;      // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the      // path of the salesman.      static     int     final_path  []     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ]  ;      // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes      // in a particular path      static     boolean     visited  []     =     new     boolean  [  N  ]  ;      // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      static     int     final_res     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      // Function to copy temporary solution to      // the final solution      static     void     copyToFinal  (  int     curr_path  []  )      {      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ]  ;      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ]  ;      }      // Function to find the minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     firstMin  (  int     adj  [][]       int     i  )      {      int     min     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      for     (  int     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ]  ;      return     min  ;      }      // function to find the second minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     secondMin  (  int     adj  [][]       int     i  )      {      int     first     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE       second     =     Integer  .  MAX_VALUE  ;      for     (  int     j  =  0  ;     j   <  N  ;     j  ++  )      {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  )      {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]  ;      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&      adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]  ;      }      return     second  ;      }      // function that takes as arguments:      // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node      // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far      // level-> current level while moving in the search      // space tree      // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which      // would later be copied to final_path[]      static     void     TSPRec  (  int     adj  [][]       int     curr_bound       int     curr_weight        int     level       int     curr_path  []  )      {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )      {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !=     0  )      {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight     +      adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]  ;          // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]     !=     0     &&      visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )      {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ]  ;      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level  ==  1  )      curr_bound     -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]  )     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      else      curr_bound     -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]  )     +      firstMin  (  adj       i  ))  /  2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )      {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level     +     1        curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]  ;      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      Arrays  .  fill  (  visited    false  );      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }      }      // This function sets up final_path[]       static     void     TSP  (  int     adj  [][]  )      {      int     curr_path  []     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ]  ;      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      Arrays  .  fill  (  curr_path       -  1  );      Arrays  .  fill  (  visited       false  );      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound     +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +      secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound  ==  1  )  ?     curr_bound  /  2     +     1     :      curr_bound  /  2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );      }          // Driver code      public     static     void     main  (  String  []     args  )         {      //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int     adj  [][]     =     {{  0       10       15       20  }      {  10       0       35       25  }      {  15       35       0       30  }      {  20       25       30       0  }     };      TSP  (  adj  );      System  .  out  .  printf  (  'Minimum cost : %dn'       final_res  );      System  .  out  .  printf  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <=     N  ;     i  ++  )         {      System  .  out  .  printf  (  '%d '       final_path  [  i  ]  );      }      }   }   /* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */   
Python3
   # Python3 program to solve    # Traveling Salesman Problem using    # Branch and Bound.   import   math   maxsize   =   float  (  'inf'  )   # Function to copy temporary solution   # to the final solution   def   copyToFinal  (  curr_path  ):   final_path  [:  N   +   1  ]   =   curr_path  [:]   final_path  [  N  ]   =   curr_path  [  0  ]   # Function to find the minimum edge cost    # having an end at the vertex i   def   firstMin  (  adj     i  ):   min   =   maxsize   for   k   in   range  (  N  ):   if   adj  [  i  ][  k  ]    <   min   and   i   !=   k  :   min   =   adj  [  i  ][  k  ]   return   min   # function to find the second minimum edge    # cost having an end at the vertex i   def   secondMin  (  adj     i  ):   first     second   =   maxsize     maxsize   for   j   in   range  (  N  ):   if   i   ==   j  :   continue   if   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]    <=   first  :   second   =   first   first   =   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   elif  (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]    <=   second   and   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   !=   first  ):   second   =   adj  [  i  ][  j  ]   return   second   # function that takes as arguments:   # curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   # curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   # level-> current level while moving   # in the search space tree   # curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored   # which would later be copied to final_path[]   def   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     curr_weight     level     curr_path     visited  ):   global   final_res   # base case is when we have reached level N    # which means we have covered all the nodes once   if   level   ==   N  :   # check if there is an edge from   # last vertex in path back to the first vertex   if   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]   !=   0  :   # curr_res has the total weight   # of the solution we got   curr_res   =   curr_weight   +   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]]   [  curr_path  [  0  ]]   if   curr_res    <   final_res  :   copyToFinal  (  curr_path  )   final_res   =   curr_res   return   # for any other level iterate for all vertices   # to build the search space tree recursively   for   i   in   range  (  N  ):   # Consider next vertex if it is not same    # (diagonal entry in adjacency matrix and    # not visited already)   if   (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level  -  1  ]][  i  ]   !=   0   and   visited  [  i  ]   ==   False  ):   temp   =   curr_bound   curr_weight   +=   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  i  ]   # different computation of curr_bound    # for level 2 from the other levels   if   level   ==   1  :   curr_bound   -=   ((  firstMin  (  adj     curr_path  [  level   -   1  ])   +   firstMin  (  adj     i  ))   /   2  )   else  :   curr_bound   -=   ((  secondMin  (  adj     curr_path  [  level   -   1  ])   +   firstMin  (  adj     i  ))   /   2  )   # curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound    # for the node that we have arrived on.   # If current lower bound  < final_res    # we need to explore the node further   if   curr_bound   +   curr_weight    <   final_res  :   curr_path  [  level  ]   =   i   visited  [  i  ]   =   True   # call TSPRec for the next level   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     curr_weight     level   +   1     curr_path     visited  )   # Else we have to prune the node by resetting    # all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound   curr_weight   -=   adj  [  curr_path  [  level   -   1  ]][  i  ]   curr_bound   =   temp   # Also reset the visited array   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   len  (  visited  )   for   j   in   range  (  level  ):   if   curr_path  [  j  ]   !=   -  1  :   visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]   =   True   # This function sets up final_path   def   TSP  (  adj  ):   # Calculate initial lower bound for the root node    # using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +    # second min) for all edges. Also initialize the    # curr_path and visited array   curr_bound   =   0   curr_path   =   [  -  1  ]   *   (  N   +   1  )   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   N   # Compute initial bound   for   i   in   range  (  N  ):   curr_bound   +=   (  firstMin  (  adj     i  )   +   secondMin  (  adj     i  ))   # Rounding off the lower bound to an integer   curr_bound   =   math  .  ceil  (  curr_bound   /   2  )   # We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex    # in curr_path[] is 0   visited  [  0  ]   =   True   curr_path  [  0  ]   =   0   # Call to TSPRec for curr_weight    # equal to 0 and level 1   TSPRec  (  adj     curr_bound     0     1     curr_path     visited  )   # Driver code   # Adjacency matrix for the given graph   adj   =   [[  0     10     15     20  ]   [  10     0     35     25  ]   [  15     35     0     30  ]   [  20     25     30     0  ]]   N   =   4   # final_path[] stores the final solution    # i.e. the // path of the salesman.   final_path   =   [  None  ]   *   (  N   +   1  )   # visited[] keeps track of the already   # visited nodes in a particular path   visited   =   [  False  ]   *   N   # Stores the final minimum weight   # of shortest tour.   final_res   =   maxsize   TSP  (  adj  )   print  (  'Minimum cost :'     final_res  )   print  (  'Path Taken : '     end   =   ' '  )   for   i   in   range  (  N   +   1  ):   print  (  final_path  [  i  ]   end   =   ' '  )   # This code is contributed by ng24_7   
C#
   // C# program to solve Traveling Salesman Problem   // using Branch and Bound.   using     System  ;   public     class     GFG     {      static     int     N     =     4  ;      // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the      // path of the salesman.      static     int  []     final_path     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ];      // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes      // in a particular path      static     bool  []     visited     =     new     bool  [  N  ];      // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      static     int     final_res     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      // Function to copy temporary solution to      // the final solution      static     void     copyToFinal  (  int  []     curr_path  )      {      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];      }      // Function to find the minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     firstMin  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     i  )      {      int     min     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      for     (  int     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  )      if     (  adj  [  i       k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !=     k  )      min     =     adj  [  i       k  ];      return     min  ;      }      // function to find the second minimum edge cost      // having an end at the vertex i      static     int     secondMin  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     i  )      {      int     first     =     Int32  .  MaxValue       second     =     Int32  .  MaxValue  ;      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <     N  ;     j  ++  )     {      if     (  i     ==     j  )      continue  ;      if     (  adj  [  i       j  ]      <=     first  )     {      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i       j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i       j  ]      <=     second      &&     adj  [  i       j  ]     !=     first  )      second     =     adj  [  i       j  ];      }      return     second  ;      }      // function that takes as arguments:      // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node      // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far      // level-> current level while moving in the search      // space tree      // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored      // which      // would later be copied to final_path[]      static     void     TSPRec  (  int  [     ]     adj       int     curr_bound        int     curr_weight       int     level        int  []     curr_path  )      {      // base case is when we have reached level N which      // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )     {      // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     curr_path  [  0  ]]      !=     0  )     {      // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      int     curr_res     =     curr_weight      +     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]      curr_path  [  0  ]];      // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )     {      copyToFinal  (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;      }      // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )     {      // Consider next vertex if it is not same      // (diagonal entry in adjacency matrix and not      // visited already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ]     !=     0      &&     visited  [  i  ]     ==     false  )     {      int     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ];      // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level     ==     1  )      curr_bound      -=     ((  firstMin  (  adj        curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])      +     firstMin  (  adj       i  ))      /     2  );      else      curr_bound      -=     ((  secondMin  (  adj        curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])      +     firstMin  (  adj       i  ))      /     2  );      // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual      // lower bound for the node that we have      // arrived on If current lower bound  <      // final_res we need to explore the node      // further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  )     {      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;      // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight        level     +     1       curr_path  );      }      // Else we have to prune the node by      // resetting all changes to curr_weight and      // curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]     i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;      // Also reset the visited array      Array  .  Fill  (  visited       false  );      for     (  int     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;      }      }      }      // This function sets up final_path[]      static     void     TSP  (  int  [     ]     adj  )      {      int  []     curr_path     =     new     int  [  N     +     1  ];      // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node      // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +      // second min) for all edges.      // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      int     curr_bound     =     0  ;      Array  .  Fill  (  curr_path       -  1  );      Array  .  Fill  (  visited       false  );      // Compute initial bound      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  )      curr_bound      +=     (  firstMin  (  adj       i  )     +     secondMin  (  adj       i  ));      // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     (  curr_bound     ==     1  )     ?     curr_bound     /     2     +     1      :     curr_bound     /     2  ;      // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex      // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;      curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;      // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to      // 0 and level 1      TSPRec  (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );      }      // Driver code      static     public     void     Main  ()      {      // Adjacency matrix for the given graph      int  [     ]     adj     =     {     {     0       10       15       20     }      {     10       0       35       25     }      {     15       35       0       30     }      {     20       25       30       0     }     };      TSP  (  adj  );      Console  .  WriteLine  (  'Minimum cost : '     +     final_res  );      Console  .  Write  (  'Path Taken : '  );      for     (  int     i     =     0  ;     i      <=     N  ;     i  ++  )     {      Console  .  Write  (  final_path  [  i  ]     +     ' '  );      }      }   }   // This code is contributed by Rohit Pradhan   
JavaScript
   const     N     =     4  ;   // final_path[] stores the final solution ie the   // path of the salesman.      let     final_path     =     Array     (  N     +     1  ).  fill     (  -  1  );       // visited[] keeps track of the already visited nodes   // in a particular path      let     visited     =     Array     (  N  ).  fill     (  false  );   // Stores the final minimum weight of shortest tour.      let     final_res     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;   // Function to copy temporary solution to   // the final solution   function     copyToFinal     (  curr_path  ){      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){      final_path  [  i  ]     =     curr_path  [  i  ];      }      final_path  [  N  ]     =     curr_path  [  0  ];   }   // Function to find the minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   function     firstMin     (  adj       i  ){   let     min     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      for     (  let     k     =     0  ;     k      <     N  ;     k  ++  ){      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  k  ]      <     min     &&     i     !==     k  ){      min     =     adj  [  i  ][  k  ];      }      }      return     min  ;   }   // function to find the second minimum edge cost   // having an end at the vertex i   function     secondMin     (  adj       i  ){      let     first     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      let     second     =     Number  .  MAX_SAFE_INTEGER  ;      for     (  let     j     =     0  ;     j      <     N  ;     j  ++  ){      if     (  i     ==     j  ){      continue  ;      }      if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     first  ){      second     =     first  ;      first     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      else     if     (  adj  [  i  ][  j  ]      <=     second     &&     adj  [  i  ][  j  ]     !==     first  ){      second     =     adj  [  i  ][  j  ];      }      }      return     second  ;   }   // function that takes as arguments:   // curr_bound -> lower bound of the root node   // curr_weight-> stores the weight of the path so far   // level-> current level while moving in the search   // space tree   // curr_path[] -> where the solution is being stored which   // would later be copied to final_path[]      function     TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level       curr_path  )   {       // base case is when we have reached level N which   // means we have covered all the nodes once      if     (  level     ==     N  )      {         // check if there is an edge from last vertex in      // path back to the first vertex      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]]     !==     0  )      {          // curr_res has the total weight of the      // solution we got      let     curr_res     =      curr_weight     +     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  curr_path  [  0  ]];          // Update final result and final path if      // current result is better.      if     (  curr_res      <     final_res  )      {      copyToFinal     (  curr_path  );      final_res     =     curr_res  ;      }      }      return  ;       }          // for any other level iterate for all vertices to      // build the search space tree recursively      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){          // Consider next vertex if it is not same (diagonal      // entry in adjacency matrix and not visited      // already)      if     (  adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ]     !==     0     &&     !  visited  [  i  ]){          let     temp     =     curr_bound  ;      curr_weight     +=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ];          // different computation of curr_bound for      // level 2 from the other levels      if     (  level     ==     1  ){      curr_bound     -=     (  firstMin     (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])     +     firstMin     (  adj       i  ))     /     2  ;       }      else      {      curr_bound     -=     (  secondMin     (  adj       curr_path  [  level     -     1  ])     +     firstMin     (  adj       i  ))     /     2  ;       }          // curr_bound + curr_weight is the actual lower bound      // for the node that we have arrived on      // If current lower bound  < final_res we need to explore      // the node further      if     (  curr_bound     +     curr_weight      <     final_res  ){      curr_path  [  level  ]     =     i  ;      visited  [  i  ]     =     true  ;         // call TSPRec for the next level      TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       curr_weight       level     +     1       curr_path  );       }          // Else we have to prune the node by resetting      // all changes to curr_weight and curr_bound      curr_weight     -=     adj  [  curr_path  [  level     -     1  ]][  i  ];      curr_bound     =     temp  ;          // Also reset the visited array      visited  .  fill     (  false  )         for     (  var     j     =     0  ;     j      <=     level     -     1  ;     j  ++  )      visited  [  curr_path  [  j  ]]     =     true  ;       }       }   }      // This function sets up final_path[]       function     TSP     (  adj  )   {       let     curr_path     =     Array     (  N     +     1  ).  fill     (  -  1  );       // Calculate initial lower bound for the root node   // using the formula 1/2 * (sum of first min +   // second min) for all edges.   // Also initialize the curr_path and visited array      let     curr_bound     =     0  ;       visited  .  fill     (  false  );          // compute initial bound      for     (  let     i     =     0  ;     i      <     N  ;     i  ++  ){      curr_bound     +=     firstMin     (  adj       i  )     +     secondMin     (  adj       i  );          }          // Rounding off the lower bound to an integer      curr_bound     =     curr_bound     ==     1     ?     (  curr_bound     /     2  )     +     1     :     (  curr_bound     /     2  );       // We start at vertex 1 so the first vertex   // in curr_path[] is 0      visited  [  0  ]     =     true  ;       curr_path  [  0  ]     =     0  ;       // Call to TSPRec for curr_weight equal to   // 0 and level 1      TSPRec     (  adj       curr_bound       0       1       curr_path  );   }   //Adjacency matrix for the given graph      let     adj     =  [[  0       10       15       20  ]         [  10       0       35       25  ]      [  15       35       0       30  ]      [  20       25       30       0  ]];       TSP     (  adj  );       console  .  log     (  `Minimum cost:  ${  final_res  }  `  );   console  .  log     (  `Path Taken:  ${  final_path  .  join     (  ' '  )  }  `  );      // This code is contributed by anskalyan3.   

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Minimum cost : 80 Path Taken : 0 1 3 2 0  

Il arrotondamento viene eseguito in questa riga di codice:

if (level==1) curr_bound -= ((firstMin(adj curr_path[level-1]) + firstMin(adj i))/2); else curr_bound -= ((secondMin(adj curr_path[level-1]) + firstMin(adj i))/2);  

Nel ramo e nell'algoritmo TSP limitato calcoliamo un limite inferiore al costo totale della soluzione ottimale aggiungendo i costi di bordo minimi per ciascun vertice e quindi dividendo per due. Tuttavia, questo limite inferiore potrebbe non essere un numero intero. Per ottenere un limite inferiore intero possiamo usare arrotondamento.

Nel codice sopra la variabile Curr_Bound contiene l'attuale limite inferiore al costo totale della soluzione ottimale. Quando visitiamo un nuovo vertice a livello di livello calcoliamo un nuovo New_Bound con un nuovo limite prendendo la somma dei costi di vantaggio minimo per il nuovo vertice e i suoi due vicini più vicini. Aggiorniamo quindi la variabile Curr_Bound arrotondando New_Bound al numero intero più vicino.

Se il livello è 1, giriamo fino al numero intero più vicino. Questo perché finora abbiamo visitato un solo vertice e vogliamo essere conservativi nella nostra stima del costo totale della soluzione ottimale. Se il livello è maggiore di 1, utilizziamo una strategia di arrotondamento più aggressiva che tiene conto del fatto che abbiamo già visitato alcuni vertici e possiamo quindi fare una stima più accurata del costo totale della soluzione ottimale.


Complessità temporale: La complessità del caso peggiore di Branch e Bound rimane lo stesso di quella della forza bruta chiaramente perché nel peggiore dei casi potremmo non avere mai la possibilità di potare un nodo. Mentre in pratica funziona molto bene a seconda della diversa istanza del TSP. La complessità dipende anche dalla scelta della funzione di delimitazione in quanto sono quelli che decidono quanti nodi devono essere potati.
Riferimenti:  
http://lcm.csa.iisc.ernet.in/dsa/node187.html