| Article ID: | iaor19921551 |
| Country: | India |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 117 |
| End Page Number: | 125 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Management and Systems |
| Authors: | Intrator Jacob, Szwarz Wlodzimierz |
This paper re-examines the well known Transportation Problem and develops certain structural properties of optimal solutions for this model. It provides conditions when an optimal solution can be found directly. It also identifies a class of transportation problems solvable by the North West Corner Rule.