DUMMY ORIGIN/DESTINATION
A dummy origin or destination is an imaginary origin or destination with zero cost introduced to make an unbalanced transportation problem balanced. If the total supply is more than the total demand we introduce an additional column which will indicate the surplus supply with transportation cost zero. Likewise, if the total demand is more than the total supply, an additional row is introduced in the Table which represents unsatisfied demand with transportation cost zero.
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