6) Transportation Porblmes

Question 1

What is the probelem

Answer 1

Shop must send out certain stock from warehouse to shops with certain demand, they add up

It costs each warehouse different money to send an item to each shop, and each warehouse has certain stock and each shop has certain order

Objective is to fufill orders with least cost

Question 2

How to start with minimise
Are we using indicator?

Answer 2

No we aren’t, the variable this times means the amount going to the shop

First we minimising the potential cost if all were delivered from warehouse 1 to shop 1, or to shop 2 etc

86A1 + 34A2 + 17A3 etc

This sets up the total max cost we need ti miniseries

Question 3

How to constraint

Answer 3

Not that bad
- we know that th stock of warehouse A must be distributed amongs the 4 shops, must

So A1 +A2 +A3+ A4 = stock

Repeat

We know that the orders of shop 1 must be fuelled by 4 warehouses whatever they do it
So A1 +B1+C1+D1= requirement
Repeat