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+package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Solves the Traveling Salesman Problem using bitmask dynamic programming.
+ *
+ * <p>The DP state is {@code dp[mask][city]}, where {@code mask} stores the set of
+ * visited cities and {@code city} is the current endpoint of the partial tour.
+ * This is the classic Held-Karp formulation and is practical for small inputs
+ * where {@code n <= 20}.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>This bitmask version complements {@code graph/TravelingSalesman.java} by
+ * showing the subset-DP formulation explicitly, which is useful for small
+ * instances and for problems that require visiting subsets in a specific order.</p>
+ */
+public final class TravelingSalesmanBitmask {
+
+    private static final int INF = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 4;
+
+    private TravelingSalesmanBitmask() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes the minimum Hamiltonian cycle cost starting and ending at city 0.
+     *
+        * <p>The input must be a square matrix. Use {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} for
+        * missing edges. The method returns {@code 0} when no Hamiltonian cycle exists.
+        *
+        * @param distanceMatrix square matrix of edge weights; use {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE}
+        *     for missing edges
+        * @return the minimum tour cost, or 0 when no tour exists
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the matrix is not square
+     */
+    public static int solve(int[][] distanceMatrix) {
+        if (distanceMatrix == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Distance matrix cannot be null");
+        }
+        if (distanceMatrix.length == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        int n = distanceMatrix.length;
+        for (int[] row : distanceMatrix) {
+            if (row == null || row.length != n) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Matrix must be square");
+            }
+        }
+
+        int[][] dp = new int[1 << n][n];
+        for (int[] row : dp) {
+            Arrays.fill(row, INF);
+        }
+
+        dp[1][0] = 0;
+
+        for (int mask = 1; mask < (1 << n); mask++) {
+            for (int currentCity = 0; currentCity < n; currentCity++) {
+                if (!isBitSet(mask, currentCity) || dp[mask][currentCity] == INF) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                for (int nextCity = 0; nextCity < n; nextCity++) {
+                    if (isBitSet(mask, nextCity) || distanceMatrix[currentCity][nextCity] == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    int nextMask = setBit(mask, nextCity);
+                    int newCost = safeAdd(dp[mask][currentCity], distanceMatrix[currentCity][nextCity]);
+                    if (newCost == INF) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if (newCost < dp[nextMask][nextCity]) {
+                        dp[nextMask][nextCity] = newCost;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        int fullMask = (1 << n) - 1;
+        int bestTour = INF;
+        for (int lastCity = 1; lastCity < n; lastCity++) {
+            if (dp[fullMask][lastCity] == INF || distanceMatrix[lastCity][0] == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            bestTour = Math.min(bestTour, safeAdd(dp[fullMask][lastCity], distanceMatrix[lastCity][0]));
+        }
+
+        return bestTour == INF ? 0 : bestTour;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isBitSet(int mask, int bit) {
+        return (mask & (1 << bit)) != 0;
+    }
+
+    private static int setBit(int mask, int bit) {
+        return mask | (1 << bit);
+    }
+
+    private static int safeAdd(int left, int right) {
+        if (left == INF || right == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            return INF;
+        }
+        long sum = (long) left + right;
+        return sum >= INF ? INF : (int) sum;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/dynamicprogramming/TravelingSalesmanBitmaskTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/dynamicprogramming/TravelingSalesmanBitmaskTest.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public final class TravelingSalesmanBitmaskTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void solveShouldReturnMinimumTourCost() {
+        int[][] distanceMatrix = {
+            {0, 10, 15, 20},
+            {10, 0, 35, 25},
+            {15, 35, 0, 30},
+            {20, 25, 30, 0}
+        };
+
+        assertEquals(80, TravelingSalesmanBitmask.solve(distanceMatrix));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void solveShouldReturnZeroForEmptyMatrix() {
+        assertEquals(0, TravelingSalesmanBitmask.solve(new int[0][0]));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void solveShouldReturnZeroForSingleCity() {
+        int[][] distanceMatrix = {
+            {0}
+        };
+
+        assertEquals(0, TravelingSalesmanBitmask.solve(distanceMatrix));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void solveShouldReturnZeroWhenTourIsDisconnected() {
+        int inf = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int[][] distanceMatrix = {
+            {0, 1, inf},
+            {1, 0, inf},
+            {inf, inf, 0}
+        };
+
+        assertEquals(0, TravelingSalesmanBitmask.solve(distanceMatrix));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void solveShouldRejectNonSquareMatrix() {
+        int[][] distanceMatrix = {
+            {0, 1, 2},
+            {1, 0, 3}
+        };
+
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> TravelingSalesmanBitmask.solve(distanceMatrix));
+    }
+}
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