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A branching method for the fixed charge transportation problem

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  • Adlakha, Veena
  • Kowalski, Krzysztof
  • Lev, Benjamin

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This paper presents a branching method for the solution of the fixed charge transportation problem. Starting with a linear formulation of the problem, we develop the method which converges to the optimal solution. The method is based on the computation of a lower bound and an upper bound embedded within a branching process. We present a detailed numerical example to illustrate the proposed method.

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  • Adlakha, Veena & Kowalski, Krzysztof & Lev, Benjamin, 2010. "A branching method for the fixed charge transportation problem," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 38(5), pages 393-397, October.
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