The MOMC Method: a New Methodology to Find Initial Solution for Transportation Problems

In this paper we propose a new algorithm for finding a feasible initial solution for transportation problems. The MOMC Method (Maximum Supply with Minimum Cost) as it was called was compared with three classical methods: Corner Northwest, Minimum Cost and Vogel, obtaining significant results (better or equal to the presented methods). A numerical example was presented to a rigorous understanding of the algorithm, and the results showed great computational advantage (higher processing speed and less memory usage), with up to 99.86% gains by initial decision-making.