Q2. different cities. All of sudden there rouse a demand for the product in another five cities that didn't Pharmaceutical company producing a single product sold it through five agencies situated in agency of the company. The company is now facing the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies in order to dispatch the product to needy cities in such a way that the travelling distance is minimized. The distance between the surplus and deficit cities in kilometer is given the following table.

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Q2. Pharmaceutical company producing a single product sold it through five agencies situated in
different cities. All of sudden there rouse a demand for the product in another five cities that didn't
agency of the company. The company is now facing the problem of deciding on how to assign the
existing agencies in order to dispatch the product to needy cities in such a way that the travelling
distance is minimized. The distance between the surplus and deficit cities in kilometer is given the
following table.
Surplus city
Deficit cities
Deficit cites
a
b
d.
e
A1
160
130
115
190
200
B1
135
120
130
160
175
C1
140
110
125
170
185
D1
50
50
80
80
110
E1
55
35
80
80
105
Determine the optimum assignment schedule.
Transcribed Image Text:Q2. Pharmaceutical company producing a single product sold it through five agencies situated in different cities. All of sudden there rouse a demand for the product in another five cities that didn't agency of the company. The company is now facing the problem of deciding on how to assign the existing agencies in order to dispatch the product to needy cities in such a way that the travelling distance is minimized. The distance between the surplus and deficit cities in kilometer is given the following table. Surplus city Deficit cities Deficit cites a b d. e A1 160 130 115 190 200 B1 135 120 130 160 175 C1 140 110 125 170 185 D1 50 50 80 80 110 E1 55 35 80 80 105 Determine the optimum assignment schedule.
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