A new Application of Assignment Problems Using Three Techniques with it Comparison

Abstract

The assignment models are one of the effective operations research techniques for enhancing the educational process and obtaining the desired learning outcomes. Universities organize the criteria for distributing accepted students in accordance with the central admission plan issued by the Ministry of Higher Education to their departments based on of the student’s qualifications represented in the total of his grades in the general examinations for secondary studies as a criterion that qualifies him to compete with other students, in addition to the student’s choices and the department plan. In this paper, we discuss the assignment problem (AP) in the allocation of students to college departments depending on the degree of comparison. Three techniques of assignment problem were used, namely; the Hungarian technique, the Alternative technique, and the new technique presented by Haleemah Jawad Kadhim in 2021, to find the best allocation