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Transportation problem is a special case of LPP. In a typical transportation problem, the objective is to transport various amounts of a single homogeneous commodity that are initially stored at various origins, to different destinations in such a way that the total transportation cost is minimal. In this chapter, we understand the concept of transportation problem, discuss its different types, and examine five different methods of solution including North-West Corner Rule (NWCR) Method, Row/Column Minima Method, Matrix Minima Method and Vogel’s Approximation Method. We will also discuss the transshipment and assignment problems.
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Srinivasan, R. (2014). Transportation Models and Its Variants. In: Strategic Business Decisions. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1901-9_4
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