Quantitative Techniques: Theory and Problems

MINIMISATION PROBLEMS (INVOLVING LOOPING)

Problem 5.37

Solve the following transportation problem for minimum cost:

Solution

Step 1 → Introducing a Dummy origin with zero cost per unit as the total demand is not equal to total supply in order to make the problem balanced one.

Step 2 → Finding Initial Feasible Solution by following the Vogel’s Approximation Method (or VAM).

Step 3 → Optimality Test: Since the total number of allocations is ...