OPERATIONS RESEARCH (TERM-2, PGP-1)
PRE-MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT
Analyze the Merton trucks case given in Lecture-8 and respond to the questions listed below using excel solver.
Ensure in the Excel solver formulation that relevant descriptions and units are given for decision variables, objective function and all the constraints. This is to ensure that appropriate description will be automatically generated in the answer report and sensitivity report.
Apart from answering the questions below in the assignment, keep printout of your solver outputs (answer and sensitivity report) "as is" in the assignment hard-copy including the header information. Refer to sample answer report in the last page. Don't edit or make any changes to the report generated by excel-solver. The solver output must be an exact match of the excel file submitted with the assignment.
The solver file should be named as RegistrationNumber_Section-ID_Merton.xls. (E.g. 2014103_Sec-D_Merton.xls). The solver file must include "formulation", "answer report" and "sensitivity report".
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Excel
English: Plot of y=x 2 made in Microsoft Excel. Al...A hard-copy assignment report containing response to the questions below in the same order must be submitted by 1-Nov-2014, 1229pm to Mrs. Poornima in the first floor of faculty block. The excel solver file must be submitted by email to myassignments14@gmail.com with email subject as "RegistrationNumber Section-ID GIM" (e.g. 2014103 Section-D GIM) by 1-Nov-2014, 1229pm.
This is an individual assignment. Any indulgence in academic malpractices, including copying in part or full will be punished severely.
If you don't adhere to all the instructions, you can expect to be penalized with negative marks or zero.
MERTON TRUCKS COMPANY
Keeping 3000$ and 5000$ as unit contributions respectively for Model 101 and Model 102 trucks, formulate the Merton's product mix decision problem using LP. Present the LP problem in the standard form including all the details and units.
Using solver, find the optimal product mix of these two trucks? What...