International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR)
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

A New Method to Find Initial Basic Feasible Solution to Transportation Problem

  • Author:
  • D.L. Yamini Latha1, N. Srinivasan2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 302 to 305

1Department of Mathematics, St. Peter's College of Engineering and Technology, India

2Department of Mathematics, St. Peter's University, India

Online published on 24 October, 2017.

Abstract

The main aim of Transportation Problem is to minimize the total cost. In this paper, we use a new method called Max-Min Method(MMM) to get the initial basic feasible solution(alternate method to VAM). It is explained with some numerical examples.

Keywords

Max-Min Method(MMM), Balanced, Unbalanced, Transportation