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Fuzzy Optimal Solution of Fuzzy Transportation Problems with Transshipments

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Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing (RSFDGrC 2011)

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In this paper a new method, named as Mehar’s method, is proposed for solving fuzzy transportation problems with transshipments. Also, it is shown that it is better to use Mehar’s method as compared to the existing method.

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  1. School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, Thapar University, Patiala, 147 004, India

    Amit Kumar, Amarpreet Kaur & Manjot Kaur

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  1. State University Higher School of Economics, Pokrovskiy Bd. 11, 109028, Moscow, Russia

    Sergei O. Kuznetsov

  2. Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 2, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland

    Dominik Ślęzak

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, S4S 0A2, Regina, SK, Canada

    Daryl H. Hepting

  4. Birbeck University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, UK

    Boris G. Mirkin

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Kumar, A., Kaur, A., Kaur, M. (2011). Fuzzy Optimal Solution of Fuzzy Transportation Problems with Transshipments. In: Kuznetsov, S.O., Ślęzak, D., Hepting, D.H., Mirkin, B.G. (eds) Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing. RSFDGrC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6743. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21881-1_27

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