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 ...

Marshall, Paul W. "Linear Programming: A Technique for Analyzing Resource Allocation Problems." Harvard Business School Background Note 171-322, January 1971. (Revised November 1975 ...

The airport flight-to-gate assignment problem is solved using two methods: (1) a linear programming relaxation of an integer program formulation and (2) a heuristic. The objective is to minimize ...