Answer to Question #227191 in Operations Research for mafi

Question

A transportation problem involves the following costs, supply, and demand.

To

From 1 2 3 4 Supply

1 $500 750 300 450 12

2 650 800 400 600 17

3 400 700 500 550 11

Demand 10 10 10 10

Required:

i. Find the initial solution using the northwest corner method, the minimum cell cost

method, and Vogel's Approximation Method. Compute total cost for each.

ii. Using the VAM initial solution, find the optimal solution using the modified distribution

method (MODI).