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 ...

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Yuting Zhang ( [email protected]) is an associate professor of health economics and director of the Pharmaceutical Economics Research Group, both in the Department of Health Policy and Management, at ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper, a branch and bound algorithm is presented for solving network design problems (NDP). Route selection for the NDP is based on a ...

A blockchain consensus method optimized for Internet of Things. Proof-of-assignment (PoA) enables IoT devices to perform "micro mining." For example, the IOTW blockchain uses PoA to perform this ...

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A research team at IMDEA Networks Institute has developed a coordination system called the Cord-Approx strategy that ...

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