Title : 
Approximation for combinatorial network optimisation using Tsallis entropy
         
        
            Author : 
Shengbin Liao ; Qingfu Zhang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Eng. Centre, Huazhong Normal Univ., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Recent research shows that a combinatorial network optimisation problem can be approximated by adding a Shannon entropy term to its objective function. This Letter generalises it to the case of Tsallis entropy and provides the mathematical proof.
         
        
            Keywords : 
combinatorial mathematics; entropy; optimisation; Shannon entropy; Tsallis entropy; combinatorial network optimisation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el.2013.0830