travelling salesman
noun[C]
COMMERCEold-fashioned(UStraveling salesman)ukussomeone whosejobis totravelto differentplaces,tryingtopersuadepeopletobuytheircompany'sgoods, takingorders, etc:
He made hismoneyas atravellingsalesman.
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For discrete problems such as integer factorization or thetravellingsalesmanproblem we have settle for conjectures about the complexity hierarchy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He then started as atravellingsalesmanor peddler.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is atravellingsalesmanwho sells gramophones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This technique can be applied to thetravellingsalesmanproblem as well as many related problems.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He tried to make it as atravellingsalesman, but when that proved unsuccessful, he returned to his hometown.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This corporation later includes a cart-and-oxen from atravellingsalesmanwith which to deliver half-a-dozen menhirs to the camp in one go.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He noted that the play resonated with him because his father was atravellingsalesmanand he had an older brother.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He worked as atravellingsalesmanfor a haberdashery company before he went into business on his own account in 1863 importing sewing machines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meanwhile, back in the village, a smooth-talkingtravellingsalesman, peddling deworming medicine from his boat, is passing through.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was employed in 1918 as a salesman, in 1920 as atravellingsalesman, and in 1930 in the cigar business.
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