SUBJECTS: Maths, Science, Technologies
YEARS: 9–10
Imagine you are a salesperson having to travel between multiple locations.
How would you achieve this in the quickest way possible? This is a problem that has stumped mathematicians for decades, and there is even a prize for anyone who can come up with an algorithm to solve it.
In this video, three methods are used to try to solve a similar problem. What are they?
How has one delivery company used their own algorithm to improve their efficiency?
Date of broadcast: 30 Jan 2018
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