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Unit 7: Assignment Problem – Balanced

14. Consider the problem of assigning five jobs to 4 persons. Notes
Job
Person 1 2 3 4 5
A 8 4 2 6 1
B 0 9 5 5 4
C 3 8 9 2 6
D 4 3 1 0 3
E 9 5 8 9 5

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (d)
2. (c)
3. (c)

4. number of rows is not equal to the number of columns
5. Balanced
6. Square

7.8 Further Readings

Books J.K. Sharma, Operations Research, Theory and Applications, MacMillan India Ltd.
Kanti Swarup, P.K Gupta & Manmohan, Operations Research, Sultan Chand
Publications, New Delhi
Michael W. Carter, Camille C. Price, Operations Research: A Practical Introduction,
CRC Press, 2001
Paul A. Jensen, Jonathan F. Bard, Operations Research Models and Methods, John
Wiley and Sons, 2003

Richard Bronson, Govindasami Naadimuthu, Schaum’s Outline of Theory and
Problems of Operations Research, McGraw-Hill Professional; 1997

Online links www.utdallas.edu/
http://www.usna.edu/
http://businessmanagementcourses.org/

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