The Per-Unit Change in the Objective Function Associated with Assigning

question 12

Multiple Choice

The per-unit change in the objective function associated with assigning flow to an unused arc in the transportation simplex method is called the

• A)net evaluation index.
• B)degenerate value.
• C)opportunity loss.
• D)simplex multiplier.

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