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Quadratic optimization on combinatorial sets in Rn

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We consider the optimization of quadratic functions on the set of permutations in Rn. Extremal properties of these functions are studied. Branch-and-bound methods are proposed for the solution of these optimization problems.

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Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 4, pp. 97–104, July–August, 1991.

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Stoyan, Y.G., Yakovlev, S.V. & Parshin, O.V. Quadratic optimization on combinatorial sets in Rn . Cybern Syst Anal 27, 561–567 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01130367

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