Assignment Problems (Other Titles in Applied Mathematics) - Hardcover

Burkard, Rainer; Dell'Amico, Mauro; Martello, Silvano

9781611972221: Assignment Problems (Other Titles in Applied Mathematics)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611972221 ISBN 13: 9781611972221

Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2012

Assignment Problems is a useful tool for researchers, practitioners and graduate students. In 10 self-contained chapters, it provides a comprehensive treatment of assignment problems from their conceptual beginnings through present-day theoretical, algorithmic and practical developments. The topics covered include bipartite matching algorithms, linear assignment problems, quadratic assignment problems, multi-index assignment problems and many variations of these. Researchers will benefit from the detailed exposition of theory and algorithms related to assignment problems, including the basic linear sum assignment problem and its variations. Practitioners will learn about practical applications of the methods, the performance of exact and heuristic algorithms, and software options. This book also can serve as a text for advanced courses in areas related to discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimisation. The revised reprint provides details on a recent discovery related to one of Jacobi's results, new material on inverse assignment problems and quadratic assignment problems, and an updated bibliography.

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Book Description:

A comprehensive treatment of assignment problems from their beginnings through present-day theoretical, algorithmic and practical developments. Researchers will benefit from the detailed exposition of theory and algorithms related to assignment problems, and practitioners will learn about applications of the methods. This revised reprint includes new material and an updated bibliography.

About the Author:

Rainer Burkard is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Graz University of Technology, Austria. He has published several books and over 150 papers on discrete optimisation and related areas. His main research focus is combinatorial optimisation and its applications.

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