Kiosztás

Kiosztás is a Hungarian term denoting the act of distribution, allocation, or assignment. It refers to distributing resources, tasks, or items to recipients or time slots, often under constraints and with specific objectives. The word is used across domains such as logistics, scheduling, computing, education, and event planning, and closely resembles English terms like allocation or distribution.

In logistics and supply chain management, kiosztás describes how goods or services are allocated to locations, customers, vehicles, or shipping routes. Effective kiosztás relies on inventory data, demand forecasts, capacity limits, lead times, and service level requirements, and it seeks to minimize costs while meeting constraints.

In scheduling and operations research, kiosztás refers to assigning tasks to resources—such as workers, machines, or time slots—in a way that optimizes a performance objective (for example minimizing makespan, balancing workload, or meeting deadlines). Solutions use various algorithms, including greedy methods, linear or integer programming, and heuristic approaches.

In computing and information systems, the term can describe the allocation of memory, storage, or processor time to processes, ensuring fair and efficient use of scarce resources. Kiosztás decisions may be static or dynamic, and they are often governed by policies or quality-of-service requirements.

In education, event planning, and organizational management, kiosztás denotes the distribution of tasks, assignments, exam slots, or presentation rooms among participants. It can be performed manually or with software that accounts for preferences, constraints, and scheduling goals.

Key considerations include capacity limits, precedence relations, deadlines, fairness, transparency, and adaptability to changing demand. The term remains central in Hungarian-language literature and is commonly translated as allocation or distribution in English.