Chinese Postman Problem Complexity List

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This is a list of computational complexities for different arc routing problems.

Complexity of the Chinese Postman (CP) Problem

CP variant Classical Complexity Approximation Parametrized complexity
Undirected [math]\displaystyle{ O(|V|^3) }[/math]-time algorithm[1]
Directed [math]\displaystyle{ O(|V|^3) }[/math]-time algorithm[1]

[math]\displaystyle{ O((|E|-|V|)|V|^2) }[/math]-time algorithm[2]

Mixed NP-complete[3]

[math]\displaystyle{ O(|V|^3) }[/math]-time solvable if each vertex has even degree[1]

[math]\displaystyle{ O(\max\{|V|^3,|A|(\max\{|A|,|E|\})^2\}) }[/math]-time factor 3/2[4] [math]\displaystyle{ O(2^{|E|}\cdot|V|^3) }[/math]-time algorithm[5]

In FPT with respect to |A|[5]

In XP with respect to treewidth[6]

Windy NP-complete[7]

P in some special cases[7][8]

Factor 3/2[9]
k-Hierarchical NP-complete[10]

[math]\displaystyle{ O(k|V|^4) }[/math]-time solvable if precedence relation linear

Min-sum k postmen [math]\displaystyle{ O(|V|^3) }[/math]-time algorithm with post office vertex,[11] otherwise NP-complete[12] In FPT with respect to k without post office vertex[13]
Min-max k postmen NP-complete[14] [math]\displaystyle{ O(|V|^3) }[/math]-time factor(2-1/k)[14]

See also

References

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