Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach for Solving Fuzzy Transportation Problems with Transshipment

Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-180

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Kaur, Amarpreet ^a   Gupta, Anila ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy transportation problem; Ranking function; Trapezoidal fuzzy number

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956091162     PISSN: 15701166     EISSN: 15729214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10852-010-9147-8     Document Type: Article

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