task assignment

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• Assignment problem — The assignment problem is one of the fundamental combinatorial optimization problems in the branch of optimization or operations research in mathematics. It consists of finding a maximum weight matching in a weighted bipartite graph. In its most… …   Wikipedia

• assignment — as·sign·ment n 1: the act of assigning 2 a: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b: a task assigned 3: a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment: an assignment in which the transfer is complete and leaves the… …   Law dictionary

• task — task, duty, assignment, job, stint, chore are comparable when they mean a piece of work which one is asked to do and is expected to accomplish. Task refers to a specific piece of work or service usually imposed by authority or circumstance but… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• assignment - homework — ◊ assignment An assignment is a task that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job. My first major assignment as a reporter was to cover a large scale riot. An assignment is also a piece of academic work given to students. The course… …   Useful english dictionary

• task — [task, täsk] n. [ME taske < NormFr tasque (OFr tasche) < ML tasca, for taxa, a tax < L taxare, to rate, value, TAX] 1. a piece of work assigned to or demanded of a person 2. any piece of work 3. an undertaking involving labor or… …   English World dictionary

• assignment — [ə sīn′mənt] n. 1. an assigning or being assigned; appointment; allotment 2. anything assigned or allotted, as a lesson, task, etc. 3. Law a) a transfer of a claim, right, property, etc. b) an instrument, as a deed, authorizing this SYN. TASK …   English World dictionary

• assignment — late 14c., order, request, directive, from O.Fr. assignement (legal) assignment (of dower, etc.), from L.L. assignamentum, noun of action from L. assignare (see ASSIGN (Cf. assign)). Meaning appointment to office is mid 15c.; that of a task… …   Etymology dictionary

• assignment — assignment, assignation An assignment is an allocation, and in law a legal transfer of a right or property, or the document that effects the transfer. It is also a task or piece of work allotted to a person, in this meaning originating in AmE.… …   Modern English usage

• assignment — [n1] responsibility, task appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, homework, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint; concept 362 assignment [n2] selecting or setting apart allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment …   New thesaurus

• task — [n] job or chore, often assigned assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind*, deadweight*, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, fun and games*, function, gig*, grind*, grindstone*, headache*, labor, load …   New thesaurus

• assignment — *task, duty, job, stint, chore …   New Dictionary of Synonyms