/* ASSIGN, Assignment Problem */ /* Written in GNU MathProg by Andrew Makhorin */ /* The assignment problem is one of the fundamental combinatorial optimization problems. In its most general form, the problem is as follows: There are a number of agents and a number of tasks. Any agent can be assigned to perform any task, incurring some cost that may vary depending on the agent-task assignment. It is required to perform all tasks by assigning exactly one agent to each task in such a way that the total cost of the assignment is minimized. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) */ param m, integer, > 0; /* number of agents */ param n, integer, > 0; /* number of tasks */ set I := 1..m; /* set of agents */ set J := 1..n; /* set of tasks */ param c{i in I, j in J}, >= 0; /* cost of allocating task j to agent i */ var x{i in I, j in J}, >= 0; /* x[i,j] = 1 means task j is assigned to agent i note that variables x[i,j] are binary, however, there is no need to declare them so due to the totally unimodular constraint matrix */ s.t. phi{i in I}: sum{j in J} x[i,j] <= 1; /* each agent can perform at most one task */ s.t. psi{j in J}: sum{i in I} x[i,j] = 1; /* each task must be assigned exactly to one agent */ minimize obj: sum{i in I, j in J} c[i,j] * x[i,j]; /* the objective is to find a cheapest assignment */ solve; printf "\n"; printf "Agent Task Cost\n"; printf{i in I} "%5d %5d %10g\n", i, sum{j in J} j * x[i,j], sum{j in J} c[i,j] * x[i,j]; printf "----------------------\n"; printf " Total: %10g\n", sum{i in I, j in J} c[i,j] * x[i,j]; printf "\n"; data; /* These data correspond to an example from [Christofides]. */ /* Optimal solution is 76 */ param m := 8; param n := 8; param c : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 := 1 13 21 20 12 8 26 22 11 2 12 36 25 41 40 11 4 8 3 35 32 13 36 26 21 13 37 4 34 54 7 8 12 22 11 40 5 21 6 45 18 24 34 12 48 6 42 19 39 15 14 16 28 46 7 16 34 38 3 34 40 22 24 8 26 20 5 17 45 31 37 43 ; end;