Operations Research Transactions ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (3): 99-103.

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An optimal algorithm for the two-order multiple problem

WAN Long   

  1. 1. School of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China
  • Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15

Abstract: In this paper,  we present a new and interesting combination optimization problem called two-order multiple problem. The problem is stated as follows. There are $n\geq 2$ integers $a_1$, $a_2$, $\cdots$, $a_n$, let $\pi$ be a permutation of $\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$ which also shows a solution to the problem. We must try to find the optimal permutation $\pi$ so that the value of $\sum^n_{i=1}a_{\pi_{i}}a_{\pi_{i+1}}$ is minimal, where $\pi_{n+1}=\pi_1$. We provide a polynomial-time algorithm with the complexity of $O(n\log{n})$ for it.

Key words: two-order multiple, algorithm complexity, optimal algorithm

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