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Chapter 7, Problem 23RP
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Formulating a balanced transportation problem:
A balanced transportation problem is one in which the supply is equal to the total demand.
In the given problem, the variables are as follows:
- Let the supply from plant 1 (number of units) to customer 1 be represented as p11, to customer 2 be p12, to customer 3 be p13 and to customer 4 be p14.
- Let the supply from plant 2 to customer 1 be p21, to customer 2 be p22, to customer 3 be p23, to customer 4 be p24.
- Let the supply from plant 3 to customer 1 be p31, to customer 2 be p32, to customer 3 be p33, to customer 4 be p34.
The objective is to maximize profit. Total profit can be represented by the below mentioned linear
This is our objective function and we have to maximize it to gain maximum profit.
The constraints can be represented as follows:
In this customer 1 and 2 are using
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