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We analyse two strategies for solving the bottleneck assignment problem — the threshold method and the shortest augmenting path concept —, show their theoretical equivalence and computational behaviour. We develop a new rather efficient labeling technique to be used in the shortest augmenting path method and a hybrid procedure combining the advantages of both concepts. Extensive computational results are reported.
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Wir analysieren zwei grundlegende Strategien zur Lösung des Bottleneck-Zuordnungsproblems — die Schwellwert-Methode und die Kürzeste-Erweiternde-Wege-Methode — und zeigen deren theoretische Äquivalenz. Wir entwickeln eine neue effiziente Markierungs-Technik für die Kürzeste-Erweiternde-Wege-Methode und eine Hybrid-Methode, die die Vorteile der beiden Strategien vereinigt. Ausführliche numerische Ergebnisse werden vorgestellt.
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Supported by Sonderforschungsbereich 21 (DFG), Institut für Ökonometrie und Operations Research, Universität Bonn.
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Derigs, U. Alternate strategies for solving bottleneck assignment problems —analysis and computational results. Computing 33, 95–106 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240182
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240182