In an assignment problem,
A) one agent can do parts of several tasks.
B) one task can be done by only one agent.
C) each agent is assigned to its own best task.
D) all of the above

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In an assignment problem, one task can only be done by one agent. This is the fundamental constraint of an assignment problem, which makes choice B the correct answer. While it is true that one agent can do parts of several tasks and each agent can be assigned to its own best task, these statements are not universally true for all assignment problems.

In an Assignment Problem