- Four workers, A, B, C and D, are to be assigned to four tasks, P, Q, R and S.
Each task must be assigned to just one worker and each worker can do only one task.
Worker B cannot be assigned to task Q and worker D cannot be assigned to task R.
The amount, in pounds, that each worker would earn when assigned to each task is shown in the table below.
| P | Q | R | S |
| A | 65 | 72 | 69 | 75 |
| B | 71 | - | 68 | 65 |
| C | 70 | 69 | 73 | 77 |
| D | 73 | 70 | - | 71 |
The Hungarian algorithm can be used to find the maximum total amount that would be earned by the four workers.
- Explain how to modify the table so that the Hungarian algorithm could be applied.
- Modify the table as described in (a)(i).
- Formulate the above situation as a linear programming problem. You must define the decision variables and make the objective function and constraints clear.