Sensitivity analysis for bottleneck assignment problems

Elad Michael, Tony A. Wood, Chris Manzie and Iman Shames

European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, vol. 303, issue 1, 159-167

Abstract: In assignment problems, decision makers are often interested in not only the optimal assignment, but also the sensitivity of the optimal assignment to perturbations in the assignment weights. Typically, only perturbations to individual assignment weights are considered. We present a novel extension of the traditional sensitivity analysis by allowing for simultaneous variations in all assignment weights. Focusing on the bottleneck assignment problem, we provide two different methods of quantifying the sensitivity of the optimal assignment, and present algorithms for each. Numerical examples as well as a discussion of the complexity for all algorithms are provided.

Keywords: Assignment; Robustness and sensitivity analysis; Bottleneck (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.02.037

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