The quadratic assignment polytope
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We study the quadratic assignment problem (with n variables) from a polyhedral point of view by considering the quadratic assignment polytope that is defined as the convex hull of the solutions of the linearized problem (with n + 2 n 2 n −1 ( ) variables). We give the dimension of the polytope and a minimal description of its affine hull. We also propose a family of facets with a separation algorithm.
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