Question
Solve the following problem :

Consider the problem of assigning five operators to five machines. The assignment costs are given in following table.

Operator Machine
1 2 3 4 5
A 6 6 3 7
B 8 5 3 4 5
C 10 4 6 4
D 8 3 7 8 3
E 7 6 8 10 2

Operator A cannot be assigned to machine 3 and operator C cannot be assigned to machine 4. Find the optimal assignment schedule.

Answer

Step 1:
Observe that the given problem is a restricted assignment problem. So we assign high cost ‘$\infty$’ to the prohibited cells.

OperatorMachine
12345
A66$\infty$37
B85345
C1046$\infty$4
D83783
E768102

Step 2: Row minimum
Subtract the smallest element in each row from every element in its row.

The matrix obtained is given below:

OperatorMachine
12345
A33$\infty$04
B52012
C602$\infty$0
D50450
E54680

Step 3: Column minimum
Subtract the smallest element in each column of assignment matrix obtained in step 2 from every element in its column.

OperatorMachine
12345
A03$\infty$04
B22012
C302$\infty$0
D20450
E24680

Step 4:
Draw minimum number of vertical and horizontal lines to cover all zeros.
First cover all rows and columns which have maximum number of zeros.

OperatorMachine
12345
A03$\infty$04
B22012
C302$\infty$0
D20450
E24680

Step 5:
From step 4, minimum number of lines covering all the zeros are 4, which is less than order of matrix, i.e., 5.
∴ Select smallest element from all the uncovered elements, i.e., 2 and subtract it from all the uncovered elements and add it to the elements which lie at the intersection of two lines.

OperatorMachine
12345
A05$\infty$06
B24014
C100$\infty$0
D00230
E04460

Step 6:
Draw minimum number of vertical and horizontal lines to cover all zeros.

OperatorMachine
12345
A05$\infty$06
B240
D00230
E04460

Step 7:
From step 6, minimum number of lines covering all the zeros are 5, which is equal to order of the matrix, i.e., 5.
$\therefore$ Select a row with exactly one zero, enclose that zero in $(\square)$ and cross out all zeros in its respective column.
Similarly, examine each row and column and mark the assignment ( $\square$ ).
$\therefore$ The matrix obtained is as follows:

OperatorMachine
12345
A05$\infty$0

center;">14C100$\infty$0D00230E04460

OR
OperatorMachine
12345
A05$\infty$06
B24014
C100$\infty$0
D00230
E04460
OR
OperatorMachine
12345
A05$\infty$06
B24014
C100$\infty$0
D00230
E04460

Step 8:

The matrix obtained in step 7 contains exactly one assignment for each row and column.

Optimal assignment schedule is as follows:

OperatorMachineCost
A43
B33
C24
D53
E17
Total20
OR
OperatorMachineCost
A43
B33
C24
D18
E52
Total20
OR
OperatorMachineCost
A43
B33
C54
D23
E17
Total20

∴ Minimum cost = 20 units.

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