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. 36, No. 2 (Feb., 1985), pp. 163-167 (5 pages) A technique is described whereby the computational efficiency of the Lashkari-Jaisingh heuristic for ...