Edexcel D2 2012 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleD2 (Decision Mathematics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicTravelling Salesman

2. The table shows the least distances, in km, between six towns, A, B, C, D, E and F.
ABCDEF
A-1625211215
B16-24222112
C2524-183027
D212218-1512
E12213015-18
F1512271218-
Toby must visit each town at least once. He will start and finish at A and wishes to minimise the total distance.
  1. Use the nearest neighbour algorithm, starting at A , to find an upper bound for the length of Toby's route.
  2. Starting by deleting A, and all of its arcs, find a lower bound for the route length.