Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canadian traveller problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: cana-di-an -trav-eller prob-lem
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are only partially observable (i.e. the graph is revealed while it is being explored).

Etymology

Introduced by Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis in 1989. Supposed to allude to the difficulties experienced by Canadian drivers with snowfall randomly blocking roads.

Questions

What does canadian traveller problem mean?: A generalization of the shortest path problem to graphs that are only partially observable (i.e. the graph is revealed while it is being explored).
Where does canadian traveller problem come from?: Introduced by Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis in 1989. Supposed to allude to the difficulties experienced by Canadian drivers with snowfall randomly blocking roads.

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