Abstract:The paper yields an investigation of the set of all finite measures on the product space with given difference of marginals. Extremal points of this set are characterized and constructed. Sets of uniqueness are studied in the relation to marginal problem. In the optimization problem the support of the optimal measure is described for a class of cost functions. In an example the optimal value is reached by an unbounded sequence of measures.
Keywords: transshipment problem, set of uniqueness, simplicial measure, optimal solution
AMS Subject Classification: Primary 60B05; Secondary 52A05