An Algorithm for Finding Hamilton Cycles in Random Directed Graphs

We describe a polynomial (O( n’.‘)) time algorithm DHAM for finding hamilton cycles in digraphs. For digraphs chosen uniformly at random from the set of digraphs with vertex set (1,2,. . . , n } and m = m(n) edges the limiting probability (as n + co) that DHAM finds a hamilton cycle equals the limiting probability that the digraph is hamiltonian. Some applications to random “ travelling salesman problems” are discussed. 6 1988 Academic PRSS, Inc.