Balance An Unbalanced Transportation Problem By A Heuristic approach


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Authors

  • Nigus Girmay Department of Mathematics, Semera University, Ethiopia
  • Tripti Sharma Department of Applied Mathematics, Natural Science College, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.

Keywords:

Transportation Problem, Vogel’s Approximation Method, Unbalanced Transportation Problem

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze Vogel’s Approximation Method and its modification due to Shimshak [2] and Goyal [1] in finding an initial solution to an unbalanced transportation problem. This paper suggests a heuristic approach in order to balance the unbalanced transportation problem and improve the Vogel’s Approximation Method in order to get improved (sometimes) initial solution of unbalanced transportation problem in comparison to usual VAM. The algorithm is supported by numerical illustrations.

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Published

15-12-2013

How to Cite

Nigus Girmay, & Tripti Sharma. (2013). Balance An Unbalanced Transportation Problem By A Heuristic approach. International Journal of Mathematics And Its Applications, 1(1), 13–19. Retrieved from http://ijmaa.in/index.php/ijmaa/article/view/291

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Research Article

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