What is the main difference between a transportation problem and an assignment problem?
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The main difference between a transportation problem and an assignment problem lies in their objectives: a transportation problem focuses on optimizing the distribution of goods from multiple suppliers to multiple consumers while minimizing transportation costs, whereas an assignment problem involves assigning a set of tasks or resources to a set of agents in a way that minimizes total costs or maximizes total efficiency.
The main difference is that a transportation problem involves distributing goods from multiple suppliers to multiple consumers, while an assignment problem focuses on assigning tasks to resources, typically with one-to-one relationships
The transportation problem deals with the distribution of goods from multiple sources to multiple destinations, while the assignment problem focuses on assigning resources (such as workers to jobs) where supply and demand are both equal to one.