A Note on Computational Studies for Solving Transportation Problems

Abstract

The note provides a mathematical explanation for the superiority of certain pivot criterion heuristics when using the row-column sum method to solve transportation problems. In addition, new pivot criteria are developed using this mathematical explanation which are shown to be computationally superior to the previously best pivot criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769625

Entities

People

  • Darwin Dee Klingman
  • David Karney
  • Fred W. Glover

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

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  • Commerce
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Linear Programming
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  • Operations Research
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
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  • Probability Distributions
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  • Mathematics

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