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The is a special form of a linear programming model that is similar to the transportation model. There are differences, however. In the assignment model, the supply at each source and the demand at each destination are each limited to one unit.

The following example will demonstrate the assignment model. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has four basketball games on a particular night. The conference office wants to assign four teams of officials to the four games in a way that will minimize the total distance traveled by the officials. The supply is always one team of officials, and the demand is for only one team of officials at each game. The distances in miles for each team of officials to each game location are shown in the following table:

The travel distances to each game for each team of officials

The linear programming formulation of the assignment model is similar to the formulation of the transportation model, except all the supply values for each source equal one, and all the demand values at each destination equal one. Thus, our example is formulated as follows :

This is a balanced assignment model. An unbalanced model exists when supply exceeds demand or demand exceeds supply.

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The linear programs in Chapters 1 and 2 are all examples of classical ''activity'' models. In such models the variables and constraints deal with distinctly different kinds of activities-tons of steel produced versus hours of mill time used, or packages of food bought versus percentages of nutrients supplied. To use these models you must supply coefficients like tons per hour or percentages per package that convert a unit of activity in the variables to the corresponding amount of activity in the constraints. This chapter addresses a significantly different but equally common kind of model, in which something is shipped or assigned, but not converted. The resulting constraints, which reflect both limitations on availability and requirements for delivery, have an especially simple form. We begin by describing the so-called transportation problem, in which a single good is to be shipped from several origins to several destinations at minimum overall cost. This problem gives rise to the simplest kind of linear program for minimum-cost flows. We then generalize to a transportation model, an essential step if we are to manage all the data, variables and constraints effectively. As with the diet model, the power of the transportation model lies in its adaptability. We continue by considering some other interpretations of the ''flow'' from origins to destinations, and work through one particular interpretation in which the variables represent assignments rather than shipments. The transportation model is only the most elementary kind of minimum-cost flow model. More general models are often best expressed as networks, in which nodes-some of which may be origins or destinations-are connected by arcs that carry flows of some kind. AMPL offers convenient features for describing network flow models, including node and arc declarations that specify network structure directly. Network models and the relevant AMPL features are the topic of Chapter 15. 43

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This chapter begins with a brief overview of traffic assignment in transportation systems. Section 3.1 introduces the assignment problem in transportation as the distribution of traffic in a network considering the demand between locations and the transport supply of the network. Four trip assignment models relevant to transportation are presented and characterized. Section 3.2 covers traffic assignment to uncongested networks based on the assumption that cost does not depend on traffic flow. Section 3.3 introduces the topic of traffic assignment and congested models based on assumptions from traffic flow modeling, e.g., each vehicle is traveling at the legal velocity, v , and each vehicle driver is following the preceding vehicle at a legal safe velocity. Section 3.4 covers the important topic of equilibrium assignment which can be expressed by the so-called fixed-point models where origin to destination (O-D) demands are fixed, representing systems of nonlinear equations or variational inequalities. Equilibrium models are also used to predict traffic patterns in transportation networks that are subject to congestion phenomena. Section 3.5 presents the topic of multiclass assignment, which is based on the assumption that travel demand can be allocated as a number of distinct classes which share behavioral characteristics. In Sect. 3.6, dynamic traffic assignment is introduced which allows the simultaneous determination of a traveler’s choice of departure time and path. With this approach, phenomenon such as peak spreading in response to congestion dynamics or time-varying tolls can be directly analyzed. In Sect. 3.7, transportation network synthesis is introduced which focuses on the modification of a transportation road network to fit a required demand. Section 3.8 covers a case study involving a diverging diamond interchange (DDI), an interchange in which the two directions of traffic on a nonfreeway road cross to the opposite side on both sides of a freeway overpass. The DDI requires traffic on the freeway overpass (or underpass) to briefly drive on the opposite side of the road. Section 3.9 contains comprehensive questions from the transportation system area. A final section includes references and suggestions for further reading.

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An assignment problem can be viewed as a special case of a transportation problem. In a transportation model, sources and destinations are present; in an assignment model, there are facilities, and jobs which have to be assigned to those facilities. Unlike a transportation model, in an assignment model, number of facilities (sources) is equal to number of jobs (destinations).

However, the transportation algorithm is not useful while dealing with assignment problems. In an assignment problem, when an assignment is made, the row as well as column requirements are satisfied simultaneously, resulting in degeneracy. This occurs since only one assignment is allowed per row and column. Thus, the assignment model is a completely degenerate form of the transportation model.

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