Make maximum possible allocation to the row or column where penalty is maximum. Cancel the
row or column for which allocation is complete and proceed in the same manner till all allocations
are complete. Vogel’s approximation method (VAM) gives a near-optimal initial feasible solution.
Distribution Method
In this method, an arbitrary initial allocation is made and it is improved upon step-by-step till the
optimum schedule is reached.
Modifi ed Distribution Method
In modifi ed distribution (MODI) method, the test of optimality is simplifi ed. In this method, a set
of dummy row numbers s
1
, s
2
, . . . , s
i
, . . . , s
m
and a set ...
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