Unit IV Assignment and Transportation Problem

The Assignment Problem deals with:

• Assigning tasks to resources
• Minimizing Wastage
• Optimizing transportation routes
• Maximizing production output

In the context of the Assignment Problem, an optimal assignment is one that:

• Maximizes the benefits
• Minimizes the total cost or maximizes the total benefit
• Minimizes the number of assigned tasks
• Balances the workloads evenly

If the number of resources is greater than the number of tasks in the Assignment Problem, what approach can be taken?

• Add dummy tasks to balance the numbers
• Remove excess resources
• Reduce the number of tasks
• The problem is not solvable in this case

In the context of operations research, what is a transportation problem?

• Finding the shortest path in a network
• Optimally allocating resources from multiple suppliers to multiple consumers
• Determining the critical path in a project network
• Minimizing the cost of transporting a single commodity

In a transportation problem, what does a "supply" represent?

• The demand of resources
• The cost of transportation
• The capacity of suppliers
• The cost of resources

Which method is NOT used to find the Initial Basic Feasible solution in transportation problems?

• North West Corner Rule
• Least Cost Method
• Modified Distribution Method
• Vogel's approximation method

Which method is used to optimize the Initial Basic Feasible solution in transportation problems?

• North West Corner Rule
• Least Cost Method
• Vogel's approximation method
• Modified Distribution Method

The goal of solving a transportation problem is to minimize what?

• The total supply
• The total demand
• The total capacity
• The total transportation cost