A model which matches salespeople to retail customers based on estimated profit potential of each salesperson-retail customer match, where each salesperson is to be matched with at most 25 retail customers, could be modeled as which network models?
A)Either as a shortest path or a traveling salesman model.
B)Either as a minimal spanning tree or a maximal flow model.
C)Either as a maximization assignment model or a maximization transportation model.
D)Either as a capacitated transshipment model or a direct enumeration model.

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The problem involves matching salespeople to retail customers based on profit potential, which is a maximization problem. Additionally, there is a constraint that each salesperson can be matched with at most 25 retail customers, indicating that there are capacity constraints that need to be considered. This suggests that the problem can be modeled either as a maximization assignment model or a maximization transportation model, both of which can handle both objectives and constraints. The other models listed do not take into account the capacity constraint and may not be suitable for this problem.

A Model Which Matches Salespeople to Retail Customers Based on Estimated