Fair Congested Assignment.

Authors: Bogomolnaia, Anna¹ (AUTHOR) anna.bogomolnaia@glasgow.ac.uk, Moulin, Hervé¹ (AUTHOR) herve.moulin@glasgow.ac.uk

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). May2026, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p1061-1079. 19p.

Subject Terms: Fairness, Assignment problems (Programming)

Asylum Assignment and Burden-Sharing.

Authors: Caspari, Gian¹ (AUTHOR), Khanna, Manshu² (AUTHOR) manshu@phbs.pku.edu.cn

Source: Economic Theory. Aug2026, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p273-303. 31p.

Subject Terms: *Game theory, *Resource allocation, Matching theory, Assignment problems (Programming), Fairness, Countries, Stated preference methods, Political refugees

An augmented Lagrangian decomposition method for the single-source capacitated facility location problem.

Authors: Hong, Deshan¹ (AUTHOR), Wang, Rui¹ (AUTHOR) ruiwang@bicmr.pku.edu.cn

Source: Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization. 2026, Vol. 22 Issue 7, p1-26. 26p.

Subject Terms: Location problems (Programming), Assignment problems (Programming), Combinatorial optimization, Constraint satisfaction, Duality theory (Mathematics)

Seat allocation problem in public transportation.

Authors: Afacan, Mustafa Oğuz¹ (AUTHOR) mustafa.afacan@mbzuai.ac.ae, Dur, Ayşe² (AUTHOR) azkabukc@ncsu.edu, Dur, Umut² (AUTHOR) udur@ncsu.edu

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. Jul2026, Vol. 128 Issue 3, p542-563. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Resource allocation, *Market failure, *Public transit, Assignment problems (Programming), Agent (Philosophy)

Maximizing the average fuel savings for aircraft fleet under a fixed periodic schedule.

Authors: Kats, Vladimir¹ (AUTHOR), Levner, Eugene² (AUTHOR) levner@hit.ac.il

Source: OR Spectrum. Jun2026, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p691-728. 38p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, *Air travel, *Energy consumption, Assignment problems (Programming), Newton-Raphson method

The Chair Allocation problem.

Authors: Bloch, Francis¹ (AUTHOR) francis.bloch@univ-paris1.fr, Cantala, David² (AUTHOR) dcantala@colmex.mx, Gibaja, Damián³ (AUTHOR) damianemilio.gibaja@upaep.mx

Source: Social Choice & Welfare. Jun2026, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p995-1028. 34p.

Subject Terms: *Algorithms, Matching theory, Assignment problems (Programming), Fairness, Research personnel

Arbiter assignment.

Authors: Afacan, Mustafa Oguz¹ (AUTHOR) Mustafa.Afacan@mbzuai.ac.ae, Anbarci, Nejat² (AUTHOR) nejat.anbarci@durham.ac.uk, Kıbrıs, Özgür³ (AUTHOR) kibris@bilkent.edu.tr

Source: Social Choice & Welfare. Jun2026, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p1029-1058. 30p.

Subject Terms: *Arbitrators, *Pareto optimum, Assignment problems (Programming), Dispute resolution, Sports officiating

Recovering Dantzig–Wolfe Bounds by Cutting Planes.

Authors: Chen, Rui¹ (AUTHOR) rui.chen@cornell.edu, Günlük, Oktay² (AUTHOR) oktay.gunluk@cornell.edu, Lodi, Andrea³ (AUTHOR) andrea.lodi@cornell.edu

Source: Operations Research. Mar/Apr2025, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p1128-1142. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Integer programming, *Prices, Mixed integer linear programming, Assignment problems (Programming), Knapsack problems

A prescriptive analytics approach to solve the continuous berth allocation and yard assignment problem using integrated carbon emissions policies.

Authors: Jauhar, Sunil Kumar¹ (AUTHOR) sunil.jauhar@iimkashipur.ac.in, Pratap, Saurabh² (AUTHOR) s.pratapiitkgp@gmail.com, Kamble, Sachin³ (AUTHOR) sachin.kamble@edhec.edu, Gupta, Shivam⁴ (AUTHOR) shivam.gupta@neoma-bs.fr, Belhadi, Amine⁵ (AUTHOR) belhadi.amine@outlook.com

Source: Annals of Operations Research. Apr2026, Vol. 359 Issue 1, p157-188. 32p.

Subject Terms: *Maritime shipping, *Mathematical models, *Data analytics, Carbon emissions, Assignment problems (Programming), Metaheuristic algorithms, Container terminals

On location-routing formulations for the Hamiltonian [formula omitted]-median problem.

Authors: Canas, Francisco¹ (AUTHOR) fmcanas@fc.ul.pt, Gouveia, Luís¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: European Journal of Operational Research. May2026, Vol. 331 Issue 1, p62-76. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Capital costs, *Mathematical optimization, Location problems (Programming), Assignment problems (Programming), Combinatorial optimization, Optimization algorithms

Generalizable Context-Aware Deep Assignment Network for the Perimeter Defense Problem.

Authors: Gurumurthy, Vignesh¹ (AUTHOR) vigneshg@iisc.ac.in, Velhal, Shridhar¹ (AUTHOR), S A, Samahith¹ (AUTHOR), Sundaram, Suresh¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Unmanned Systems. Jul2026, p1-13. 13p.

Subject Terms: *Assignment problems (Programming), *Deep learning, *Context-aware computing, *Convolutional neural networks

Coresets for Weight-Constrained Anisotropic Assignment and Clustering.

Authors: Fiedler, Maximilian¹ (AUTHOR), Gritzmann, Peter¹ (AUTHOR) gritzmann@tum.de

Source: Discrete & Computational Geometry. Jul2026, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p378-415. 38p.

Subject Terms: *Clustering algorithms, *Assignment problems (Programming), *Materials science, *Crystal grain boundaries

Generalized octagonal membership function for fuzzy multi-objective assignment problems.

Authors: Hasan, Israa H.¹ (AUTHOR) Israa.H.Hasan@uotechnology.edu.iq

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2026, Vol. 3408 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *Membership functions (Fuzzy logic), *Assignment problems (Programming), *Mathematical optimization, *Fuzzy sets, *Fuzzy numbers

Ranking of security factors through Hungarian method.

Authors: Kaushal, Priyanka¹ (AUTHOR) priyankakaushal3@gmail.com, Saxena, Vipin¹ (AUTHOR), Chandra, Shalini¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2026, Vol. 3436 Issue 1, p1-7. 7p.

Subject Terms: *Security management, *Assignment problems (Programming), *Heterogeneous distributed computing, *Ranking (Statistics), *Quantitative research, *Matrices (Mathematics), *Pocket computers, *Scaling (Social sciences)

Replacement cost method for the best assignment.

Authors: Abdulhussein, Sabah F.¹ (AUTHOR) sabah.f.abdulhussein@almamonuc.edu.iq

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2026, Vol. 3460 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *Assignment problems (Programming), *Optimization algorithms, *Mathematical optimization

MINIMIZING PERSONNEL COSTS USING LINEAR PROGRAMMING TOOLS ON THE EXAMPLE OF A SERVICE BUSINESS.

Authors: LIBERTOWSKA, Andżelika¹ andzelika.libertowska@put.poznan.pl

Source: Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology. Organization & Management / Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Slaskiej. Seria Organizacji i Zarzadzanie. 2025, Issue 236, p253-267. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Linear programming, *Management science, *Resource allocation, *Labor costs, *Mathematical optimization, *Service industries, Assignment problems (Programming), Employment statistics

Stereo Vision-Based Detection and 3D Localization of Loose Oil Palm Fruits Using YOLOv8 and Hungarian Matching.

Authors: Warni, Elly¹ (AUTHOR), Indrabayu¹ (AUTHOR) indrabayu@unhas.ac.id, Achmad, Andani² (AUTHOR), Syarif, Syafruddin² (AUTHOR), Rudi³ (AUTHOR), Sadi, Nadya Petroya¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Ingénierie des Systèmes d'Information. Feb2026, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p579-589. 11p.

Subject Terms: Object recognition (Computer vision), Assignment problems (Programming), Stereopsis, Harvesting machinery, Precision farming, Depth maps (Digital image processing)

Study on Multiple Due-Windows Assignment Scheduling with Learning and Deteriorating Effects.

Authors: Song, Hai-Ruo^1,2 (AUTHOR) songhairuo2020@163.com, Yang, Jia-Kun³ (AUTHOR) yjk0306@hnu.edu.cn, Wang, Ji-Bo^1,2 (AUTHOR) wangjibo75@163.com

Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research. Feb2026, p1. 28p.

Subject Terms: *Scheduling, *Mathematical optimization, *Production scheduling, Assignment problems (Programming), Learning curve, Computational complexity

Nested logic-based Benders decomposition for an integrated home healthcare problem.

Authors: Algendi, Abdalrahman¹ (AUTHOR) abdalrahman1.algendi@himolde.no, Urrutia, Sebastián¹ (AUTHOR) sebastian.a.urrutia@himolde.no, Hvattum, Lars Magnus¹ (AUTHOR) lars.m.hvattum@himolde.no, Melo, Rafael A.² (AUTHOR) rafael.melo@ufba.br

Source: European Journal of Operational Research. Jan2026, Vol. 328 Issue 1, p32-48. 17p.

Subject Terms: *Human resource planning, *Linear programming, Assignment problems (Programming), Caregivers, Continuum of care

The generalized assignment problem with fixed processing times and uniform processing costs to minimize total cost.

Authors: Li, Weidong¹ (AUTHOR), Ou, Jinwen^1,2 (AUTHOR) toujinwen@jnu.edu.cn

Source: European Journal of Operational Research. Dec2025, Vol. 327 Issue 2, p420-431. 12p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical analysis, *Cost control, Assignment problems (Programming), Approximation algorithms, NP-hard problems