Operations Research

Topic: Transportation (Unit 3)

3)
Assignment 1
Note:
Note Submit the assignment on or before 11th Aug 2015
Use a separate assignment book
Q1. Determine the initial basic feasible solution to the following transportation problems
using the following methods
a) North West corner method
b) Least cost method
c) Row minima method
d) Column minima method
e) Vogels approximation method.
(a)

(b)
I

II

III

IV

13

11

15

20

2000

17

14

12

13

6000

18

18

15

12

7000

50

30

220

II

90

45

170

III

250

200

50

3000 3000 4000 5000

Q2. Determine the initial basic feasible solution to the following transportation using voges
approximation method.
(a)

(b)
A

22

21

16

15

13

11

II

15

II

17

18

14

23

13

III

III

32

27

18

41

19

12

17

10

12

15

(c)

(d)
D1

D2

D3

D4

O1

30

O2

O3

20

40

30

10

Prof. Bharat Vinjamuri

B.E., M.Tech. M.I.S.T.E., (Ph.D)

Dept. of ME, B.N.M.I.T

II

III

13

15

16

17

50

07

11

02

12

20

19

20

09

16

14

23

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