Kuyini ukuthuthukisa okuhlanganisiwe?
I-Combinatorial optimization iyinkambu yezibalo ezisetshenzisiwe, ehlanganisa amasu avela ku-combinatorics, ukuhlela okuqondile, kanye nomqondo wama-algorithms, ukuxazulula izinkinga zokwenza kahle okuhlukile. Ngokuvamile isetshenziswa njengesiqalo sokusebenza kahle okuhlukile. Inkinga yokuthuthukisa inhlanganisela ngokuvamile ingadwetshwa njenge-triple (S, f, C), lapho i-S iyindawo yokucinga enikeziwe, i-f iwumsebenzi wenhloso, okufanele ukhuliswe noma uncishiswe, futhi i-C iqoqo lezingqinamba okufanele zigcwaliswe ukuthola izixazululo ezisebenzayo. Umgomo ukuthola isixazululo jikelele elilungile, okusho isixazululo s' ukuthi kungokwalabo S, nge eliphezulu kakhulu noma eliphansi kakhulu value inhloso esimweni maximization noma minimization, ngamunye ngaphansi komkhawulo kwemingcele.