PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vojteková, Mária AU - Blažeková, Oľga TI - DP - 2012 Mar 30 TA - Doprava a spoje PG - 375--379 VI - 8 IP - 1 IS - 13367676 AB - Transportation problem is one of the basic linear programming problems and it has a place in the Operation research course. Transportation problem can be solved by simplex method and there are special methods too: NW corner method, index method, Vogel's approximation method, … The aim of our paper is to show using of lesser-known Russel's approximation method and its comparison with used Vogel's approximation method.