Transshipment Problem

The requirement of oil for four cities is given below.

City 1 City 2 City 3 City 4

Demand (KL) 45 20 30 30

Oil is transported from three plants to four cities. The cost of transportation (in Rs/KL) is
shown in the table below.

City 1 City 2 City 3 City 4

Plant 1 8 6 10 9
Plant 2 9 12 13 7
Plant 3 14 9 16 5

The supply at each of the plant is given below.

Availability (KL)
Plant 1 35
Plant 2 45
Plant 3 40

How to meet the demand?

 Napkin problem
A hotel has orders to serve a number of dinners during the next week. Special napkins are
required.
Cost of napkin: Rs. 50/-
Cost of quick wash: Rs. 5/-
Cost of ordinary wash: Rs. 2/-

Quick wash will take one day i.e., if a napkin is given on first day, then it will be washed and
can be used on the third day.

Ordinary wash will take 2 days i.e., if a napkin is given on first day, then it will be washed
and can be used on fourth day.

Day No. Guests

1 200
2 300
3 400
4 275
5 350
6 250
7 300

After one week, the napkins are disposed off.

How many napkins should be bought, and every day how many should be sent for quick
wash and how many for ordinary wash?
 Travelling Salesman Problem
The following is the list of cities and their distances from each to other. A traveler wants to
visit all the cities and would want to visit each city exactly once. How should he plan the
journey?

Bangalore Chenna Kolkata Mumba Nagpur

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Bangalor 0 331 1961 1013 1078
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Chennai 331 0 1670 1344 1272
Kolkata 1961 1670 0 2012 1163
Mumbai 1013 1344 2012 0 849
Nagpur 1078 1272 1163 849 0