Identifying the outgoing arc in phase II of the transportation simplex method is performed using the
A)minimum cost method.
B)MODI method.
C)stepping-stone method.
D)matrix reduction method.

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The stepping-stone method is used to identify the outgoing arc in phase II of the transportation simplex method. It involves examining each non-basic cell in turn and calculating the improvement in cost that would result from making it basic, then selecting the one that results in the greatest improvement. The other methods listed (minimum cost, MODI, and matrix reduction) are all techniques used in other steps of the transportation simplex algorithm.

Identifying the Outgoing Arc in Phase II of the Transportation