“…The other important areas of applications of the QAP are as follows: assigning runners in relay teams [ 9 ], clustering [ 10 ], computer/telephone keyboard design [ 11 , 12 , 13 ], planning of airport terminals [ 14 ], facility location [ 15 ], formation of chemical molecular compounds [ 16 ], formation of grey patterns [ 17 ], index assignment [ 18 ], microarray layout [ 19 ], numerical analysis [ 20 ], office assignment and planning of buildings [ 21 , 22 ], seed orchard design [ 23 ], turbine balancing [ 24 ], website structure design [ 25 ]. More examples of the practical applications of the QAP can be found in [ 4 , 26 ].…”