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On the core of multiple longest traveling salesman games

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  • Estevez-Fernandez, Arantza
  • Borm, Peter
  • Hamers, Herbert

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In this paper we introduce multiple longest traveling salesman (MLTS) games. An MLTS game arises from a network in which a salesman has to visit each node (player) precisely once, except its home location, in an order that maximizes the total reward.First it is shown that the value of a coalition of an MLTS game is determined by taking the maximum of suitable combinations of one and two person coalitions.Secondly it is shown that MLTS games with ¯ve or less players have a nonempty core.However, a six player MLTS game may have an empty core.For the special instance where the reward between a pair of nodes is equal to 0 or 1, we provide relations between the structure of the core and the underlying network.
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  • Estevez-Fernandez, Arantza & Borm, Peter & Hamers, Herbert, 2006. "On the core of multiple longest traveling salesman games," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 174(3), pages 1816-1827, November.
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