The stepping-stone method requires that one or more artificially occupied cells with a flow of zero be created in the transportation tableau when the number of occupied cells is fewer than
A)m + n - 2
B)m + n- 1
C)m + n
D)m + n + 1

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The stepping-stone method requires that one or more artificially occupied cells with a flow of zero be created in the transportation tableau when the number of occupied cells is fewer than m + n - 1. This is because the method requires that there be at least m + n - 1 occupied cells in order to find a feasible solution.

The Stepping-Stone Method Requires That One or More Artificially Occupied