An example of the quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is the facility location problem, in which n facilities are assigned, at minimum cost, to n sites. Between each pair of facilities, there is a ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 59, No. 5 (May, 2008), pp. 693-702 (10 pages) This paper studies the bidding selection and assignment problem with a novel constraint, namely ...