The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) has considered one of the most significant
combinatorial optimization problems due to its variant and significant applications in real life …

Recent advances in civil engineering technology require greater accuracy, efficiency, and
speed in the analysis and design of the corresponding systems. It is therefore not surprising …

The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is a well‐known challenging combinatorial
optimization problem that has received many researchers' attention with varied real‐world …

Abstract The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) is a combinatorial NP-hard optimization
problem that is not solvable in a polynomial time. It has a large number of real-world …

The whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is a recently developed swarm-based optimization
algorithm inspired by the hunting behavior of humpback whales. This study attempts to …

Advancements in technology and new drone policies have boosted the adoption of drones
by various industries. With active research and development, ingenious applications using …

In the recent decades, site layout has been known as one of the challenging problems
among researchers in the field of construction management. Since this problem is validated …

The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is one of the most studied combinatorial
optimization problems with various practical applications. In This paper, we present an Elite …

The QWERTY keyboard layout that is commonly used today was designed, over 100 years
ago, for typewriters rather than for modern keyboards. Over the decades, many people have …

Particle swarm optimization has been established to be one of the efficient algorithms for
finding solutions for continuous optimization problems. The discretized form of particle …