A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Generalized Assignment Problem
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The generalized assignment problem examines the maximum pro t assignment of jobs to agents such that each job is assigned to precisely one agent subject to capacity restrictions on the agents A new algorithm for the generalized assignment problem is presented that employs both column generation and branch and bound to obtain optimal integer solutions to a set partitioning formulation of the problem July Revised November Revised October
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Operations Research
دوره 45 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997