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Comparative study on MDMA method with OFSTF method in Transportation Problem

	International Journal of Computer & Organization Trends  (IJCOT)
	© 2016 by IJCOT Journal
	Volume - 6 Issue - 6
	Year of Publication : 2016
	Authors :   A. Amaravathy, V.Seerengasamy, S. Vimala
	DOI : 10.14445/22492593/IJCOT-V38P304

Citation

A. Amaravathy, V.Seerengasamy, S. Vimala "Comparative study on MDMA method with OFSTF method in Transportation Problem", International Journal of Computer & organization Trends (IJCOT), V6(6):50-55 Nov - Dec 2016, ISSN:2249-2593, www.ijcotjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract In this paper comparative study of MDMA method and OFSTF method is discussed concluding this with MDMA is better than OFSTF for proposed pay off matrix.

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Keywords
Assignment problem, Transportation problem, Degeneracy, Pay Off Matrix (POM), Quadrants.