the transportation problem

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in a transportation problem each destination must be supplied by one and only one source

FALSE

a typical transportation problem may ask the question "how many x should be shipped to point E from source A"

TRUE

in a transportation problem a single source may supply something to all destinations

TRUE

the objective of a transportation problem solution is to schedule shipments from sources to destinations while minimizing total transportation and production costs

TRUE

transportation problems may be used when a firm is trying to decide where to locate a new facility

TRUE

what is said to exist when total demand equals total supply in a transportation problem

a balanced problem

transportation models can be used for which of the following decisions

facility location

when using a general LP model for transportation problems, if there are 4 sources and 3 destinations, which of the following statements are true

there are typically 12 decision variables and 7 constraints


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