A comparative study of ASM and NWCR method in transportation problem

B. Satheesh Kumar; R. Nandhini; T. Nanthini

doi:10.26637/mjm502/010

Abstract

The transportation model is a special class of the linear programming problem. It deals with the situation in which commodity is shipped from sources to destinations. The objective is to minimize the total shipping cost while satisfying both the supply limit and the demand requirements. In this paper, a new method named ASM-method for finding an optimal solution for a transportation problem. The most attractive feature of this method is that it requires very simple arithmetical and logical calculation. So it is very easy to understand and use.

Keywords:

Transportation problem, optimal solution, ASM (Assigning Shortest Minimax)-method, NWCR method

Mathematics Subject Classification:

90B06, 90C08, 68T27, 68T37

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B. Satheesh Kumar Department of Mathematics, Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore- 641048, Tamil Nadu, India.
R. Nandhini Department of Mathematics, Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore- 641048, Tamil Nadu, India.
T. Nanthini Department of Mathematics, Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore- 641048, Tamil Nadu, India.

Pages: 321-327
Date Published: 01-04-2017
Vol. 5 No. 02 (2017): Malaya Journal of Matematik (MJM)

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