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The area of allocation and transportation is fundamentally concerned with the process of planning an optimal allocation of resources. In a typical starting-point we require a specification of the resources available and their location, and the resources required and their destination, in addition to the cost of transporting a unit from each of the initial locations to each of the final destinations.
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© 1986 T. A. Burley and G. O’Sullivan
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Burley, T.A., O’Sullivan, G. (1986). Allocation and Transportation. In: Work Out Operational Research. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08157-8_3
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