AI SearchIn pursuit of the traveling salesman : | mathematics at the limits of computation / (Record no. 103907)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110826s2012 njuab b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691152707 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0691152705 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA164 |
| Item number | C771 I 2012 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cook, William, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In pursuit of the traveling salesman : |
| Remainder of title | mathematics at the limits of computation / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | William J. Cook. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Princeton, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 228 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 ## - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | HKBU library |
| 518 ## - DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | |
| DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | YT2025 M10 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical excursion, picking up the salesman's trail in the 1800s when Irish mathematician W. R. Hamilton first defined the problem, and venturing to the furthest limits of today's state-of-the-art attempts to solve it. Cook examines the origins and history of the salesman problem and explores its many important applications, from genome sequencing and designing computer processors to arranging music and hunting for planets. He looks at how computers stack up against the traveling salesman problem on a grand scale, and discusses how humans, unaided by computers, go about trying to solve the puzzle. Cook traces the salesman problem to the realms of neuroscience, psychology, and art, and he also challenges readers to tackle the problem themselves. The traveling salesman problem is--literally--a $1 million question. That's the prize the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering to anyone who can solve the problem or prove that it can't be done. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman travels to the very threshold of our understanding about the nature of complexity, and challenges you yourself to discover the solution to this captivating mathematical problem"--Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman covers the history, applications, theory, and computation of the traveling salesman problem right up to state-of-the-art solution machinery"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Traveling salesman problem. |
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| Topical term | Computational complexity. |
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| Accession Number | = C.1 SDU |
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| Koha item type | English Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Available for Loans | General Books | MATRIX Library | MATRIX Library | General Eng/FL.3 | 16/10/2025 | Donation | QA164 C771 I 2012 | 1000385137 | 16/10/2025 | C.1 | 16/10/2025 | English Books |