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Hungarian Algorithm
import java.util.Arrays;
/* Copyright (c) 2012 Kevin L. Stern
*
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* SOFTWARE.
*/
/**
* An implementation of the Hungarian algorithm for solving the assignment
* problem. An instance of the assignment problem consists of a number of
* workers along with a number of jobs and a cost matrix which gives the cost of
* assigning the i'th worker to the j'th job at position (i, j). The goal is to
* find an assignment of workers to jobs so that no job is assigned more than
* one worker and so that no worker is assigned to more than one job in such a
* manner so as to minimize the total cost of completing the jobs.
* <p>
*
* An assignment for a cost matrix that has more workers than jobs will
* necessarily include unassigned workers, indicated by an assignment value of
* -1; in no other circumstance will there be unassigned workers. Similarly, an
* assignment for a cost matrix that has more jobs than workers will necessarily
* include unassigned jobs; in no other circumstance will there be unassigned
* jobs. For completeness, an assignment for a square cost matrix will give
* exactly one unique worker to each job.
* <p>
*
* This version of the Hungarian algorithm runs in time O(n^3), where n is the
* maximum among the number of workers and the number of jobs.
*
* @author Kevin L. Stern
*/
public class HungarianAlgorithm {
private final double[][] costMatrix;
private final int rows, cols, dim;
private final double[] labelByWorker, labelByJob;
private final int[] minSlackWorkerByJob;
private final double[] minSlackValueByJob;
private final int[] matchJobByWorker, matchWorkerByJob;
private final int[] parentWorkerByCommittedJob;
private final boolean[] committedWorkers;
/**
* Construct an instance of the algorithm.
*
* @param costMatrix
* the cost matrix, where matrix[i][j] holds the cost of
* assigning worker i to job j, for all i, j. The cost matrix
* must not be irregular in the sense that all rows must be the
* same length.
*/
public HungarianAlgorithm(double[][] costMatrix) {
this.dim = Math.max(costMatrix.length, costMatrix[0].length);
this.rows = costMatrix.length;
this.cols = costMatrix[0].length;
this.costMatrix = new double[this.dim][this.dim];
for (int w = 0; w < this.dim; w++) {
if (w < costMatrix.length) {
if (costMatrix[w].length != this.cols) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Irregular cost matrix");
}
this.costMatrix[w] = Arrays.copyOf(costMatrix[w], this.dim);
} else {
this.costMatrix[w] = new double[this.dim];
}
}
labelByWorker = new double[this.dim];
labelByJob = new double[this.dim];
minSlackWorkerByJob = new int[this.dim];
minSlackValueByJob = new double[this.dim];
committedWorkers = new boolean[this.dim];
parentWorkerByCommittedJob = new int[this.dim];
matchJobByWorker = new int[this.dim];
Arrays.fill(matchJobByWorker, -1);
matchWorkerByJob = new int[this.dim];
Arrays.fill(matchWorkerByJob, -1);
}
/**
* Compute an initial feasible solution by assigning zero labels to the
* workers and by assigning to each job a label equal to the minimum cost
* among its incident edges.
*/
protected void computeInitialFeasibleSolution() {
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
labelByJob[j] = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
}
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (costMatrix[w][j] < labelByJob[j]) {
labelByJob[j] = costMatrix[w][j];
}
}
}
}
/**
* Execute the algorithm.
*
* @return the minimum cost matching of workers to jobs based upon the
* provided cost matrix. A matching value of -1 indicates that the
* corresponding worker is unassigned.
*/
public int[] execute() {
/*
* Heuristics to improve performance: Reduce rows and columns by their
* smallest element, compute an initial non-zero dual feasible solution
* and create a greedy matching from workers to jobs of the cost matrix.
*/
reduce();
computeInitialFeasibleSolution();
greedyMatch();
int w = fetchUnmatchedWorker();
while (w < dim) {
initializePhase(w);
executePhase();
w = fetchUnmatchedWorker();
}
int[] result = Arrays.copyOf(matchJobByWorker, rows);
for (w = 0; w < result.length; w++) {
if (result[w] >= cols) {
result[w] = -1;
}
}
return result;
}
/**
* Execute a single phase of the algorithm. A phase of the Hungarian
* algorithm consists of building a set of committed workers and a set of
* committed jobs from a root unmatched worker by following alternating
* unmatched/matched zero-slack edges. If an unmatched job is encountered,
* then an augmenting path has been found and the matching is grown. If the
* connected zero-slack edges have been exhausted, the labels of committed
* workers are increased by the minimum slack among committed workers and
* non-committed jobs to create more zero-slack edges (the labels of
* committed jobs are simultaneously decreased by the same amount in order
* to maintain a feasible labeling).
* <p>
*
* The runtime of a single phase of the algorithm is O(n^2), where n is the
* dimension of the internal square cost matrix, since each edge is visited
* at most once and since increasing the labeling is accomplished in time
* O(n) by maintaining the minimum slack values among non-committed jobs.
* When a phase completes, the matching will have increased in size.
*/
protected void executePhase() {
while (true) {
int minSlackWorker = -1, minSlackJob = -1;
double minSlackValue = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (parentWorkerByCommittedJob[j] == -1) {
if (minSlackValueByJob[j] < minSlackValue) {
minSlackValue = minSlackValueByJob[j];
minSlackWorker = minSlackWorkerByJob[j];
minSlackJob = j;
}
}
}
if (minSlackValue > 0) {
updateLabeling(minSlackValue);
}
parentWorkerByCommittedJob[minSlackJob] = minSlackWorker;
if (matchWorkerByJob[minSlackJob] == -1) {
/*
* An augmenting path has been found.
*/
int committedJob = minSlackJob;
int parentWorker = parentWorkerByCommittedJob[committedJob];
while (true) {
int temp = matchJobByWorker[parentWorker];
match(parentWorker, committedJob);
committedJob = temp;
if (committedJob == -1) {
break;
}
parentWorker = parentWorkerByCommittedJob[committedJob];
}
return;
} else {
/*
* Update slack values since we increased the size of the
* committed workers set.
*/
int worker = matchWorkerByJob[minSlackJob];
committedWorkers[worker] = true;
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (parentWorkerByCommittedJob[j] == -1) {
double slack = costMatrix[worker][j]
- labelByWorker[worker] - labelByJob[j];
if (minSlackValueByJob[j] > slack) {
minSlackValueByJob[j] = slack;
minSlackWorkerByJob[j] = worker;
}
}
}
}
}
}
/**
*
* @return the first unmatched worker or {@link #dim} if none.
*/
protected int fetchUnmatchedWorker() {
int w;
for (w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
if (matchJobByWorker[w] == -1) {
break;
}
}
return w;
}
/**
* Find a valid matching by greedily selecting among zero-cost matchings.
* This is a heuristic to jump-start the augmentation algorithm.
*/
protected void greedyMatch() {
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (matchJobByWorker[w] == -1
&& matchWorkerByJob[j] == -1
&& costMatrix[w][j] - labelByWorker[w] - labelByJob[j] == 0) {
match(w, j);
}
}
}
}
/**
* Initialize the next phase of the algorithm by clearing the committed
* workers and jobs sets and by initializing the slack arrays to the values
* corresponding to the specified root worker.
*
* @param w
* the worker at which to root the next phase.
*/
protected void initializePhase(int w) {
Arrays.fill(committedWorkers, false);
Arrays.fill(parentWorkerByCommittedJob, -1);
committedWorkers[w] = true;
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
minSlackValueByJob[j] = costMatrix[w][j] - labelByWorker[w]
- labelByJob[j];
minSlackWorkerByJob[j] = w;
}
}
/**
* Helper method to record a matching between worker w and job j.
*/
protected void match(int w, int j) {
matchJobByWorker[w] = j;
matchWorkerByJob[j] = w;
}
/**
* Reduce the cost matrix by subtracting the smallest element of each row
* from all elements of the row as well as the smallest element of each
* column from all elements of the column. Note that an optimal assignment
* for a reduced cost matrix is optimal for the original cost matrix.
*/
protected void reduce() {
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
double min = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (costMatrix[w][j] < min) {
min = costMatrix[w][j];
}
}
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
costMatrix[w][j] -= min;
}
}
double[] min = new double[dim];
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
min[j] = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
}
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (costMatrix[w][j] < min[j]) {
min[j] = costMatrix[w][j];
}
}
}
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
costMatrix[w][j] -= min[j];
}
}
}
/**
* Update labels with the specified slack by adding the slack value for
* committed workers and by subtracting the slack value for committed jobs.
* In addition, update the minimum slack values appropriately.
*/
protected void updateLabeling(double slack) {
for (int w = 0; w < dim; w++) {
if (committedWorkers[w]) {
labelByWorker[w] += slack;
}
}
for (int j = 0; j < dim; j++) {
if (parentWorkerByCommittedJob[j] != -1) {
labelByJob[j] -= slack;
} else {
minSlackValueByJob[j] -= slack;
}
}
}
}
@bhargavjanjam
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Hi Kartik, There are different variations of Hungarian Algo available online. I didn't find anything related to slack variables there. Please share the actual algo followed to write the above code.

@DebajyotiMondal
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did not work for me - can you provide examples?

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