Branch and bound

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:traveling_salesman_problem
gptkb:knapsack_problem
gptkb:NP-hard_problems
gptkb:integer_linear_programming
gptkbp:developedBy 1960s
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
operations research
gptkbp:firstPublished 1960
gptkbp:hasConcept pruning of suboptimal solutions
systematic enumeration of candidate solutions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Branch and bound
gptkbp:inventedBy Ailsa Land
Alison Doig
gptkbp:property can be exponential time complexity
guarantees optimal solution
solution space partitioning
tree search method
uses upper and lower bounds
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Econometrica
gptkbp:relatedTo dynamic programming
backtracking
cutting plane method
gptkbp:step pruning
branching
bounding
gptkbp:usedFor combinatorial optimization
integer programming
global optimization
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Traveling_salesman_problem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6