Four Employees Must Be Assigned to Four Projects

Essay

Four employees must be assigned to four projects. Only one employee can be assigned to each project, and all projects must be completed. The cost of each employee completing each project is shown below. Determine which employee should be assigned to which project to minimize total project completion cost.
Compute the total project completion cost. $$\begin{array} { c r r r r } &&&\text { Project }\\\text { Employee } & 1 & { 2 } & { 3 } & 4 \\\hline \text { Al } & \$ 300 & \$ 325 & \$ 500 & \$ 350 \\\text { Ben } & 400 & 525 & 575 & 600 \\\text { Cal } & 350 & 400 & 600 & 500 \\\text { Dan } & 400 & 350 & 450 & 450 \\\hline\end{array}$$