The Assignment Problem Lisa M. Wood (class of '99)  
 
Abstract:  A basic problem of operations research is to assign facilities on a one-to-one basis in some optimal way.  For example, the problem may be to find the best assignment of workers to jobs.  My talk will introduce the Assignment Problem and show how to findan optimal solution for a given cost matrix, using a procedure called the Hungarian Method.
 
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