Mathematics · Operation Research
How is an unbalanced transportation problem adjusted to become a balanced transportation problem?
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- 1By introducing a dummy row if total demand exceeds total supply, or a dummy column if total supply exceeds total demand.✓
- 2By reducing the number of rows and columns in the cost matrix proportionally.
- 3By changing the unit transportation costs in the cost matrix to zero.
- 4By eliminating the lowest cost cells from the cost matrix dynamically.
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By introducing a dummy row if total demand exceeds total supply, or a dummy column if total supply exceeds total demand.
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