A NEW OPTIMAL SOLUTION METHOD FOR TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM

In this paper, fuzzy transportation problem is investigated using zero termination method. The Transportation costs, supply and demand values are considered to lie in an interval of values. Robust Ranking method is applied to arrange the fuzzy numbers in a specific interval. Also, a new equation is formed using ?-cut method to find the optimal solution. The fuzzy transportation problem can be transformed into crisp transportation problem using Robust Ranking method in the linear programming problem and it is solved by using zero termination method .Fuzzy modified distribution method is proposed to find the optimal solution in terms of fuzzy numbers. The solution procedure is illustrated with a numerical example.