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This paper investigates the performance of the emerging non-variational Quantum Walk-based Optimisation Algorithm (NV-QWOA) for solving small instances of the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP). NV-QWOA is benchmarked against classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Andrew Freeland , Jingbo Wang

The qubit mapping problem (QMP) focuses on the mapping and routing of qubits in quantum circuits so that the strict connectivity constraints imposed by near-term quantum hardware are satisfied. QMP is a pivotal task for quantum circuit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Yunqi Huang , Xiangzhen Zhou , Fanxu Meng , Sanjiang Li

The application of the Reformulation Linearization Technique (RLT) to the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) leads to a tight linear relaxation with huge dimensions that is hard to solve. Previous works found in the literature show that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-04-02 Alexandre Domingues Goncalves , Lucia Maria Drummond , Artur Alves Pessoa , Peter Hahn

Research into the development of special-purpose computing architectures designed to solve quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems has flourished in recent years. It has been demonstrated in the literature that such…

In this paper, we show that the quadratic assignment problem (QAP) can be reformulated to an equivalent rank constrained doubly nonnegative (DNN) problem. Under the framework of the difference of convex functions (DC) approach, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-14 Zhuoxuan Jiang , Xinyuan Zhao , Chao Ding

Effective access points (APs) selection is a crucial step in localization systems. It directly affects both localization accuracy and computational efficiency. Classical APs selection algorithms are usually computationally expensive,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-15 Ahmed Shokry , Moustafa Youssef

Optimal Access Point (AP) selection is crucial for accurate indoor localization, yet it is constrained by budget, creating a trade-off between localization accuracy and deployment cost. Classical approaches to AP selection are often…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Mohamed Khalil Brik , Ahmed Shokry , Moustafa Youssef

The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is a fundamental NP-hard task that poses significant challenges for both traditional heuristics and modern learning-based solvers. Existing QAP solvers still struggle to achieve consistently…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Yicheng Pan , Ruisong Zhou , Haijun Zou , Tianyou Li , Zaiwen Wen

Quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is a fundamental problem in combinatorial optimization and finds numerous applications in operation research, computer vision, and pattern recognition. However, it is a very well-known NP-hard problem to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Shuyang Ling

The Tail Assignment Problem (TAP) is a critical optimization challenge in airline operations, requiring the optimal assignment of aircraft to scheduled flights to maximize efficiency and minimize costs. To address the TAP, this work applies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Marta Gili , Paul San Sebastian , Ane Blázquez-García

We consider three known bounds for the quadratic assignment problem (QAP): an eigenvalue, a convex quadratic programming (CQP), and a semidefinite programming (SDP) bound. Since the last two bounds were not compared directly before, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-15 Daniel Brosch , Etienne de Klerk

We introduce the quadratic balanced optimization problem (QBOP) which can be used to model equitable distribution of resources with pairwise interaction. QBOP is strongly NP-hard even if the family of feasible solutions has a very simple…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-15 Abraham P. Punnen , Sara Taghipour , Daniel Karapetyan , Bishnu Bhattacharyya

Using a recently proposed model for combinatorial landscapes, Local Optima Networks (LON), we conduct a thorough analysis of two types of instances of the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP). This network model is a reduction of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-07-22 Fabio Daolio , Sébastien Verel , Gabriela Ochoa , Marco Tomassini

We consider new polynomially solvable cases of the well-known Quadratic Assignment Problem involving coefficient matrices with a special diagonal structure. By combining the new special cases with polynomially solvable special cases known…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-21 Eranda Cela , Vladimir Deineko , Gerhard J. Woeginger

In order to achieve speedup over conventional classical computing for finding solution of computationally hard problems, quantum computing was introduced. Quantum algorithms can be simulated in a pseudo quantum environment, but…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Mrityunjay Ghosh , Nivedita Dey , Debdeep Mitra , Amlan Chakrabarti

Quadratic assignment problem is one of the great challenges in combinatorial optimization. It has many applications in Operations research and Computer Science. In this paper, the author extends the most-used rounding approach to a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-05-11 Wajeb Gharibi , Yong Xia

In this article, we introduce and study the Quadratic Bin Packing Problem (QBPP), which generalizes the classical bin packing problem by introducing a fixed cost for each used bin and a pairwise cost (or profit) incurred whenever two items…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Vítor Gomes Chagas , Alberto Locatelli , Flávio Keidi Miyazawa , Manuel Iori

The assignment problem, a cornerstone of operations research, seeks an optimal one-to-one mapping between agents and tasks to minimize total cost. This work traces its evolution from classical formulations and algorithms to modern optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Iman Seyedi , Antonio Candelieri , Enza Messina , Francesco Archetti

Quantum circuits are typically represented by a (ordered) sequence of gates over a set of virtual qubits. During compilation, the virtual qubits of the gates are assigned to the physical qubits of the underlying quantum hardware, a step…

Quadratic programming (QP) forms a crucial foundation in optimization, encompassing a broad spectrum of domains and serving as the basis for more advanced algorithms. Consequently, as the scale and complexity of modern applications continue…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Augustinos D. Saravanos , Hunter Kuperman , Alex Oshin , Arshiya Taj Abdul , Vincent Pacelli , Evangelos A. Theodorou