Genetic and simulated annealing algorithms for fixed charge transportation models

Abstract

The fixed charge transportation FCT problem is an extension of newlinethe classical transportation problem in which two kinds of cost are involved a newlinecontinuous cost that linearly increases with the amount transported between a newlinesource and a destination and secondly a fixed charge that incurs whenever newlinethere exists a transportation of a nonzero quantity between a source and a newlinedestination The FCT problem continues to be an active area of transportation newlineresearch Concerning the above this thesis addresses four FCT models of newlinepractical significance newline newline