Fast Algorithms for the Round Trip Location Problem

This paper presents several fast algorithms for the round trip location problem. I show how to simplify the method given in an article by Chan and Hearn in which only the rectilinear case is addressed and get an algorithm with improved complexity for a given accuracy. An exact solution algorithm (the complexity of which is unknown) that solved test data problems even faster is presented and generalized for Euclidean and ℓ_p distances. Computational results are also presented.