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//
// IMPORTANT NOTE: we advise using the code in
// graph/linear_assignment.h whose complexity is
// usually much smaller.
// TODO(user): base this code on LinearSumAssignment.
//
// For each of the four functions declared in this file, in case the input
// parameter 'cost' contains NaN, the function will return without invoking the
// Hungarian algorithm, and the output parameters 'direct_assignment' and
// 'reverse_assignment' will be left unchanged.
//

// An O(n^4) implementation of the Kuhn-Munkres algorithm (a.k.a. the
// Hungarian algorithm) for solving the assignment problem.
// The assignment problem takes a set of agents, a set of tasks and a
// cost associated with assigning each agent to each task and produces
// an optimal (i.e., least cost) assignment of agents to tasks.
// The code also enables computing a maximum assignment by changing the
// input matrix.
//
// This code is based on (read: translated from) the Java version
// (read: translated from) the Python version at
//   http://www.clapper.org/software/python/munkres/.

#ifndef OR_TOOLS_ALGORITHMS_HUNGARIAN_H_
#define OR_TOOLS_ALGORITHMS_HUNGARIAN_H_

#include <vector>

#include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"

namespace operations_research {

// See IMPORTANT NOTE at the top of the file.
void MinimizeLinearAssignment(
    const std::vector<std::vector<double> >& cost,
    absl::flat_hash_map<int, int>* direct_assignment,
    absl::flat_hash_map<int, int>* reverse_assignment);

// See IMPORTANT NOTE at the top of the file.
void MaximizeLinearAssignment(
    const std::vector<std::vector<double> >& cost,
    absl::flat_hash_map<int, int>* direct_assignment,
    absl::flat_hash_map<int, int>* reverse_assignment);

}  // namespace operations_research

#endif  // OR_TOOLS_ALGORITHMS_HUNGARIAN_H_