Naval Research Logistics Quarterly · 1961 · 309 citations · 3 references
BusinessTransportation PlanningOptimizationTransportationTransportation EngineeringCombinatorial OptimizationInteger ProgrammingTransportation EconomicsTransportation ModelsTransportation ProblemsTransportation Mathematics
Abstract This paper formulates a fixed‐cost transportation problem as an integer program, describes some of its special properties, and suggests an approximate method of solution. Examples are given to demonstrate the approximation technique.
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Solving the Transportation Problem
L. R. Ford, D. R. Fulkerson · Management Science · 1956 · 157 citations