Aziz, Haris
[University of New South Wales]
Hougaard, Jens Leth
[University of Copenhagen]
Moreno-Ternero, Juan de Dios
[Universidad Pablo de Olavide and CORE, UCL]
Osterdal, Lars Peter
[University of Copenhagen]
We consider the problem of assigning agents to slots on a line, where only one agent can be served at a slot and each agent prefers to be served as close as possible to his target. We introduce a general approach to compute aggregate gap-minimizing assignments, as well as gap-egalitarian assignments. The approach relies on an algorithm which is shown to be faster than general purpose algorithms for the assignment problem. We also extend the approach to probabilistic assignments and explore the computational features of existing, as well as new, methods for this setting.
Bibliographic reference |
Aziz, Haris ; Hougaard, Jens Leth ; Moreno-Ternero, Juan de Dios ; Osterdal, Lars Peter. Computational aspects of assigning agents to a line. CORE Discussion Papers ; 2016/54 (2016) 21 pages |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/183217 |