Question

One disadvantage of using North-West Corner rule to find initial solution to the transportation problem is that

• A. It is complicated to use
• B. It does not take into account cost of transportation
• C. It leads to a degenerate initial solution
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B It does not take into account cost of transportation

The north-west corner rule is a method adopted to compute the initial feasible solution of the transportation problem. The name north-west corner is given to this method because the basic variable is selected from entrance left corner.

In the case of transportation problem the north-west corner rule does not take into account the cost of transportation