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What is the transportation problem?

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The transportation problem deals with transporting goods from a source to a destination by minimum cost.

Description: A Manufacturer has a number of factories which produces goods at a fixed rate. He also has a number of warehouses, each of which has a fixed storage capacity. There is a cost to transport goods from a factory to a warehouse. Find the transportation of goods from factory to the warehouse that has the lowest possible cost.

Example: 

Factories: 

A1 makes 5 units 

A2 makes 4 units 

A3 makes 6 units 

Warehouses: 

b1 can store 5 units 

b2 can store 3 units

b3 can store 5 units 

b4 can store 2 units 

Transportation costs:

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