Solving a combinatorial problem via self-organizing process: An application of the Kohonen algorithm to the traveling salesman problem

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algorithms +10

Self-organized formation of topologically correct feature maps

Teuvo Kohonen · Biological Cybernetics · 1982 · 9.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Pattern Formation +12

The shortest path through many points

Jillian Beardwood, John H. Halton, J. M. Hammersley · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1959 · 955 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algorithms +11

An analogue approach to the travelling salesman problem using an elastic net method

Richard Durbin, David Willshaw · Nature · 1987 · 810 citations

Natural Sciences, Operations Management, Optimization +11

On the stationary state of Kohonen's self-organizing sensory mapping

Helge Ritter, Klaus Schulten · Biological Cybernetics · 1986 · 293 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience +7