ADM 2302 Midterm: October 7-9 (LAST MIDTERM TOPIC).docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2302
• Professor: Wojtek Michalowski

Document Summary

The transportation problem arises frequently in planning for the distribution of goods and services from several supply locations to several demand locations. Typically, the quantity of goods available at each supply location (origin or supplier) is limited, and the goods are needed at each of several demand locations (destination or demand point). The usual objective in a transportation problem is to minimize the cost of shipping goods from the suppliers to the destinations. The information about a transportation problem is usually presented in a tabular form. Xij unknown amount shipped from supplier i" x13= 10. Min: 4x11 + 10x12 + + 18x32 + 10x33 3x3; i=1 3; j=1 3; Always check if supply=demand first, if not do steps below: total supply=total demand, supply>demand (do nothing to the lp model, supply