A genuinely polynomial primal simplex algorithm for the assignment problem (Q686416)
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A genuinely polynomial primal simplex algorithm for the assignment problem (English)
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6 December 1993
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The author presents a primal simplex algorithm that solves the assignment problem in \(O(n^ 2)\) pivot operations. The algorithm works with an increasing sequence of subgraphs. A feasible basis corresponds to a strongly feasible tree. Degeneration is dealt with Dantzig's rule. The total number of consecutive degenerate pivots is bounded by \({1\over 2}(n+ 2)(n- 1)\). The total number of nondegenerate pivots is bounded by \(n-1\). An update of the basis and dual variables can be performed in \(O(n)\) operations. The paper contains a short characterization of other primal or dual simplex algorithms for the assignment problem.
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network simplex method
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polynomial algorithms
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primal simplex algorithm
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assignment problem
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increasing sequence of subgraphs
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