The Hungarian method is a way of solving assignment problems in operations research. It is a network flow algorithm that can be used to find the optimal assignment of tasks to workers or resources. The Hungarian method is based on the idea of augmenting paths in a network. An augmenting path is a path in a network that starts and ends at different nodes, and all of the edges in the path have positive capacities. The Hungarian method can be used to find the maximum flow in a network, or to find the optimal assignment of tasks to workers or resources.
Linear programming is a mathematical method for solving problems that
involve optimizing a linear function subject to linear constraints. The simplex method is an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. The transportation method is a method for solving transportation problems, which are a type of linear programming problem.The Hungarian method is not a way of solving linear programming problems by graphical method, simplex method, or transportation method. It is a way of solving assignment problems.