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Combinatorial optimization facts for kids

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Combinatorial optimization is a branch of discrete mathematics. The problems looked at revolve around finding an optimal object from a set of objects, or finding an ordering of the objects in the set that is optimal according to some criteria. Examples are finding the Minimum spanning tree in a graph or the Travelling Salesman Problem. Many of the problems looked at have also been solved using linear programming.

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    An optimal traveling salesperson tour through Germany’s 15 largest cities. It is the shortest among the 43,589,145,600 possible tours that visit each city exactly once.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Optimización combinatoria para niños

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