Allocate
The option allocates agents to tasks, optimizing the number of tasks that receive agents.
Input is accepted in space delimited text files.
The first line specifies the calculation required. It must contain
format alloc
Each line thereafter specifies an agent and a task that the agent may be applied to
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | "l" |
| 2 | name of agent |
| 3 | name of task |
format alloc
g
l child1 chore1
l child1 chore2
l child1 chore3
l child2 chore1
l child2 chore2
l child2 chore3
This is a special case of maximum flow through a graph, with multiple sources ( agents ) and sinks ( tasks ) and all edges have their capacity set to 1. If there is a 'flow' from an agent to a task, then it indicates the agent should be assigned to the task.