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A New Approach to Variant Assignment Problem

Uruturu balakrishna*

Professor of Mathematics, Department of Science & Humanities, Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Chittoor, India.

Periodicity:January - March'2018
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.7.1.14030

Abstract

It is a two dimensional problem where the time matrix T(i, j) is the time of the j job assigned to i person. The time matrix T(i.j) [i=1,2,3,…, m; j=1,2,3,…,n] is known. Each of the person is constrained to do the specified number of jobs. All the persons start working on the jobs simultaneously, but a person cannot work on more than one job at a time. The problem is to assign the n jobs to m persons, with minimum total time with the restriction that each person to do given specified number of jobs. A Lexi search approach is proposed using pattern recognition technique to find an optimal feasible assignment. For this problem a computer program is developed for the algorithm and is tested. It is observed that it takes less time for solving higher dimension problems also.

Keywords

Assignment Problem, Lexi Search Algorithm, Pattern Recognition Technique, Pattern, Alphabet.

How to Cite this Article?

Balakrishna, U. (2018). A New Approach to Variant Assignment Problem. i-manager’s Journal on Mathematics, 7(1), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.7.1.14030

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