When would you modify the assignment problem into a transportation problem?
a) When the supply does not equal demand
b) When there are multiple routes
c) When tasks are weighted
d) When no feasible solution exists
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The correct answer is:
a) When the supply does not equal demand
An assignment problem is modified into a transportation problem when the supply (number of agents) does not equal the demand (number of tasks). To balance the problem, dummy rows or columns are added to make the supply equal to the demand, transforming it into a transportation problem format.
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