Question

The unoccupied cells in the transportation table are analogous to

• A. current solution variables
• B. non-basic variables
• C. next after opportunity cost cells
• D. optimal values of the objective function

Hint:

Unoccupied cells in a transportation table are analogous to non-basic variables in linear programming and they may become part of the solution in the next steps

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

In the transportation problem, unoccupied cells represent non-basic variables. These cells are not currently used for transporting goods but may be utilized in future iterations, employing the opportunity cost method, to determine the optimal solution.