2 papers
math.OC2026
Revisiting transportation problems under Monge costs with applications to the Discrete Ordered Median Problem
Stefan Nickel, Justo Puerto, Simon Ramoser +1
We investigate the classical Hitchcock-Koopmans Transportation Problem under the assumption that the cost matrix satisfies the Monge property. In this setting, we derive compact fo…
quant-ph2026
Quantum Optimization in Loc(Q)ation Science: QUBO Formulations, Benchmark Problems, and a Computational Study
Felix P. Broesamle, Stefan Nickel
Recent advances in quantum computing and the increasing availability of quantum hardware have substantially enhanced the practical relevance of quantum approaches to discrete optim…