PROC ASSIGN Statement
- PROC ASSIGN options ;
The PROC ASSIGN statement invokes the procedure.
The following options can appear in the PROC ASSIGN statement.
- DATA=SAS-data-set
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names the SAS data set that contains the network specification.
If the DATA= option is omitted, the most recently created SAS data set is used.
- OUT=SAS-data-set
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specifies a name for the output data set.
If the OUT= option is omitted, the SAS
System creates a data set and names it according to the
DATAn convention.
Refer to the "SAS Statements Used in the Data Set"
section in base SAS
documentation for more information.
- DEC=n
-
specifies a scaling factor for the input cost data.
The input data are scaled by 10n.
The default value of n is 3.
For more information, see the discussion on scaling in the
"Details" section.
- MAXIMUM
-
specifies that the objective is to find an assignment that maximizes the
sum of the costs.
By default, PROC ASSIGN minimizes the sum of the costs.
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