Reconsider Prob. 9.1-7. Now assume that distribution centers 1, 2, and 3 must receive exactly 10, 20,

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Reconsider Prob. 9.1-7. Now assume that centers 1, 2, and 3 must receive exactly 10, 20, and 30 units per week, respectively. For administrative convenience, management has decided that each center will be supplied totally by a single plant, so that one plant will supply one center and the other plant will supply the other two centers. The choice of these assignments of plants to centers is to be made solely on the basis of minimizing total shipping cost.
(a) Formulate this problem as an assignment problem by constructing the appropriate cost table, including identifying the corresponding assignees and tasks.
Distribution
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