traveling salesman

Door-to-door vendor

A traveling salesman is a sales representative who travels from place to place, typically visiting potential customers in their homes or businesses rather than working from a fixed location.

The figure was once common in American commerce and folklore—the subject of countless jokes, usually involving a farmer's daughter.

The traveling salesman problem in mathematics asks for the shortest route connecting multiple points, a famously difficult optimization puzzle.

itinerant

peddler

Roving small-goods merchant

hawkerRoving vocal merchant
drummerOne who keeps rhythm
door-to-doorDirectly between residences

route · territory · circuit · catalog · wares · merchandise · trade · clientele · commission · quota

persuasion

pitch

Frequency of sound

smooth-talkerPersuasive, flattering speaker
silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
charmingPleasantly attractive in manner

rapport · cold calling · objection handling · closing · demo · presentation · negotiation · foot in the door · persistence · rejection

algorithm

optimization

Maximizing efficiency or performance

shortest pathLeast-distance connection between nodes
route planningDetermining travel paths
graph theoryMathematical study of networks

combinatorics · heuristic · complexity · computer science · logistics · nodes · permutation · brute force · approximation

traveling salesman

peddler

pitch

optimization

traveling salesman

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