Problem 42875. Assignment Problem

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Jan Orwat on 3 Jun 2016

In test #1 answer could be [1 4 2 3], couldn't it? It gives tt = 10, same as proposed [1 2 4 3].

James on 3 Jun 2016

You're correct, Jan. Both options give you a minimum time of 10.

goc3 on 23 May 2018

Additional test cases have been added.

Yuichi Tadokoro on 27 Jul 2018

I think that ones(4) in Test #3 should be eye(4), instead. Also, #1 has to be fixed as Jan pointed out.

goc3 on 30 Jul 2018

The corrections mentioned by Yuichi (and Jan) have been made.

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 29 Nov 2019

Good problem.
How to proceed with larger matrix (where permutations are too expensive) ?

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