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Assignment questions for quantitive techniques

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Assignment theory

Transportation Problem vs. Assignment Problem


Transportation Problem Assignment Problem
It is about assigning a finite source to a
It is used to optimize the transportation cost. finite destination (one source is alloted to
one destination).
A number of Sources and demands may or may not The number of sources and the number of
be equal. destinations must be equal.
If the number of rows and the number of
If demand and supply are not equal, then the
columns are not equal, then the assignment
transportation problem is known as the
problem is known as the Unbalanced
Unbalanced Transportation Problem.
Assignment Problem.
It requires two steps to solve:Find the Initial
It requires only one step to solve.The
Solution using North West, Least Cost or Vogel
Hungarian Method is sufficient to find the
ApproximationFind Optimal Solution using the
optimal solutions.
MODI method.

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