Overview
The TRANS procedure is used to solve the
transportation problem, which is a type of network flow problem.
A node of a transportation problem is either a source node
or a destination node.
Each source node is able to supply a specified number of flow
units; each destination node has a demand for a specified number of
flow units. Each arc of a transportation problem originates at a
source node
and terminates at a destination node.
Some arcs can have capacities (the maximum amount of flow that they
can convey) and lower flow bounds (the minimum amount of flow that the
arc can convey). Arcs also have per unit traversal costs,
simply referred to as costs
(for example, the cost incurred when one unit of
flow is conveyed through an arc).
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