Answer to Question #185196 in Operations Research for Vaishali Tomar

Question

If the availability and requirements of a balanced transportation problem are integers , the optimal solution to the problem will have integer value . Justifie the statement are true and false ? Give a proofs or a counter example

Answer 1

Balanced Transportation Problem is a transportation problem where the total availability at the origins is equal to the total requirements at the destinations. Hence, if the availability and requirements of a balanced transportation problem are integers , the optimal solution to the problem will have integer value