Assignment – 13
To implement and solve the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) using both (a) exact (dynamic
programming) and (b) approximation (greedy) algorithms.
Code:
(a) Using Dynamic Programming Algorithm
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
#define MAX 9999
int n = 4;
int distan[20][20] = {
{0, 22, 26, 30},
{30, 0, 45, 35},
{25, 45, 0, 60},
{30, 35, 40, 0}};
int DP[32][8];
int TSP(int mark, int position) {
int completed_visit = (1 << n) - 1;
if (mark == completed_visit) {
return distan[position][0];
}
if (DP[mark][position] != -1) {
return DP[mark][position];
}
int answer = MAX;
for (int city = 0; city < n; city++) {
if ((mark & (1 << city)) == 0) {
int newAnswer = distan[position][city] + TSP(mark | (1 << city), city);
answer = (answer < newAnswer) ? answer : newAnswer;
}
}
return DP[mark][position] = answer;
}
int main() {
for (int i = 0; i < (1 << n); i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
DP[i][j] = -1;
}
}
printf("Minimum Distance Travelled -> %d\n", TSP(1, 0));
return 0;
}
Output:
Minimum Distance Travelled -> 122
(b) Using Greedy Algorithm
#include <stdio.h>
int tsp_g[10][10] = {
{12, 30, 33, 10, 45},
{56, 22, 9, 15, 18},
{29, 13, 8, 5, 12},
{33, 28, 16, 10, 3},
{1, 4, 30, 24, 20}
};
int visited[10], n, cost = 0;
/* creating a function to generate the shortest path */
void travellingsalesman(int c){
int k, adj_vertex = 999;
int min = 999;
/* marking the vertices visited in an assigned array */
visited[c] = 1;
/* displaying the shortest path */
printf("%d ", c + 1);
/* checking the minimum cost edge in the graph */
for(k = 0; k < n; k++) {
if((tsp_g[c][k] != 0) && (visited[k] == 0)) {
if(tsp_g[c][k] < min) {
min = tsp_g[c][k];
adj_vertex = k;
}
}
}
if(min != 999) {
cost = cost + min;
}
if(adj_vertex == 999) {
adj_vertex = 0;
printf("%d", adj_vertex + 1);
cost = cost + tsp_g[c][adj_vertex];
return;
}
travellingsalesman(adj_vertex);
}
/* main function */
int main(){
int i, j;
n = 5;
for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
visited[i] = 0;
}
printf("Shortest Path: ");
travellingsalesman(0);
printf("\nMinimum Cost: ");
printf("%d\n", cost);
return 0;
}
Output:
Shortest Path: 1 4 5 2 3 1
Minimum Cost: 55