I -- I. Boolean Algebra -- II. Boolean Equations -- III. Linear Pseudo-Boolean Equations and Inequalities -- IV. Nonlinear Pseudo-Boolean Equations and Inequalities -- V. Minimization of Linear Pseudo-Boolean Functions -- VI. Minimization of Nonlinear Pseudo-Boolean Functions -- VII. Extensions...

The purpose of the present paper is to extend the loop-technique of the stepping-stone algorithm to the generalized transportation problem. The main result (Theorem and Corollary of §6) is, that passing from a basic feasible solution to another one may always be carried out by constructing a...