A comprehensive review of transportation problems is provided in this paper, which clarifies the definition and mathematical model of transportation problems as a special class of linear programming ...

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As one of the first linear programming models in practice, the model of transportation problem has got attentions from the experts, especially the unique structure of its table operations method.

Finally, the optimal solution of the problem is found by solving the linear programming problem with fuzzy and crisp constraints and by applying fuzzy programming technique. A new method proposed to ...

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The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Apr., 1990), pp. 291-297 (7 pages) The Hitchcock transportation problem is perhaps one of the `most solved' linear programming problems ...

The paper presented here offers a linear programming model that combines the levelling of terrains and the associated transportation in a single linear programming problem, thus guaranteeing global ...

Article citations More>> Dantzig, G.B. (1951) Application of the Simplex Method to a Transportation Problem, Activity Analysis of Production and Allocation. Koopmans, T.C., Ed., John Wiley and Sons, ...

As such, minimizing transportation costs is the main area of research. Linear programming models offer powerful tools to optimize transportation systems, addressing problems like delivery truck ...