Ie 413 Engineering Or IHomework 2
Ie 413 Engineering Or Ihomework 2
Ie 413 Engineering Or Ihomework 2
Part I. (Modification of Problem #3.2-1 in page 79 from Hillier & Lieberman’s OR text, 9th edition) The Primo Insurance Company is introducing two new product lines: special risk insurance and mortgages. The expected profit is $5 per unit on special risk insurance and $2 per unit on mortgages. Management wishes to establish sales quotas for the new product lines to maximize total expected profit. The work requirements are as follows: Department Work-Hours per Unit Work-Hours Available Special Risk Mortgage Underwriting Administration Claims The linear programming model for this problem is: Maximize Z = 5X1 + 2X2 Subject to 3X1 + 2X2 ≤ 2400, X2 ≤ X1 ≤ 1200, X1 ≥ 0, X2 ≥ 0
a. Draw the feasible region of the LP.
b. Use the simplex algorithm to find the optimal solution of the LP; show the initial and subsequent tableaux.
c. On the sketch of the feasible region, indicate the initial basic solution and the basic solutions at each iteration.
d. Describe the optimal solution briefly in plain English.
e. Use the graphical method to find the optimal solution of the problem.
Part II. (Modification of Problem #3.2-3 in page 83 from Hillier & Lieberman’s OR text, 10th edition) You have won a $20,000 prize. You allocate $8,000 for taxes and expenses, investing the remaining $12,000. Two friends offer entrepreneurial ventures requiring investments, time, and offering profits. The first venture requires $10,000 investment, 400 hours, and yields $9,000 profit; the second requires $8,000 investment, 500 hours, and yields $8,700 profit. Both are flexible; investment fractions multiply all figures proportionally. Maximum total hours is 600. The LP model is: Maximize Z = 9000X₁ + 9000X₂, with constraints: X₁ ≤ 1, X₂ ≤ 1, 8000X₁ + 500X₂ ≤ 12000, 400X₁ + 500X₂ ≤ 600, X₁ ≥ 0, X₂ ≥ 0. Solve using the simplex method step-by-step, showing initial and subsequent tableaux.
Part III. (Modification of Problem #4.3-7 in page 154 from Hillier & Lieberman’s OR text, 10th edition) Maximize Z = 2X₁ + 4X₂ + 3X₃, subject to: X₁ + 3X₂ + 2X₃ ≤ 30, X₁ + X₂ + X₃ ≤ 24, 3X₁ + 5X₂ + 3X₃ ≤ 60, with X₁, X₂, X₃ ≥ 0. Given that in the optimal solution X₁ > 0, X₂ = 0, and X₃ > 0:
a. Explain how you can modify the simplex method to solve this efficiently, starting from the usual initial feasible solution, but do not perform iterations.
b. Use the adapted approach to solve the LP in Tableau form, showing initial and subsequent tableaux.
Additional problems (see original for context):
- Compute the recursive formula for number of faculty over 10 years with yearly hires of 4, 10% attrition.
- Identify the formula in a spreadsheet copying pattern.
- Calculate NPV of cash flows discounted at 10%.
- Write a multi-sheet formula summing sales from March to July.
- Determine total revenue over years with 25% growth and 20% profit margin.
- Compute the probability that total gift from relatives is at most $300, uniformly between $0 and $200 per relative.
- Error trapping formula in Excel for profit calculation involving a formula and potential errors.
- Use of LOOKUP, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP to find specific data points.
- Formulas implementing stock trading rules based on prices and ownership status.
- Using INDEX and MATCH to retrieve data based on a name.
- Correct formulas for European call options with conditionals.
- LP problem involving maximizing profit with labor and raw material constraints.
- Interpretation of cell references and dependencies in spreadsheets.
- Variables in a transportation problem with multiple origins and destinations.
- Excel feature for tracing formula precedents.
- How to save a file as CSV in Excel.
- Conditional formatting rule formulas for highlighting increased sales.
- Influence chart interpretation for revenue components.
- Sorting order prior to applying subtotal summaries.
- Expected profit calculations for overbooked airline flight.
- Summarizing data with SUBTOTAL for specific categories.
- Data table input cell identification.
- Decision variables in a model.
- Function for cumulative units sold in a dataset.
- Formula for total units sold by salesperson and month.
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Paper For Above instruction
Introduction
The assignment encompasses a comprehensive suite of optimization, financial, and spreadsheet modeling problems rooted in operations research, decision analysis, and data analysis techniques. It includes linear programming solutions via graphical and simplex methods, sensitivity analyses concerning personnel planning, financial calculations involving net present value and probability distributions, and spreadsheet modeling strategies to manipulate and summarize data effectively. This report methodically addresses each problem, illustrating problem formulations, solution steps, and interpretative insights.
Part I: Linear Programming – Production Optimization
The first part involves maximizing the profit for Primo Insurance’s new product lines: special risk insurance and mortgages. The LP model maximizes Z = 5X₁ + 2X₂, subject to resource constraints: 3X₁ + 2X₂ ≤ 2400, with sales limits X₂ ≤ X₁ ≤ 1200, and non-negativity conditions. Graphically, the feasible region is bounded by these constraints, which form a polygon in the X₁-X₂ plane. To find the optimal solution, the simplex method was employed:
- Initial Tableau: Setting up slack variables and equations, starting at the feasible corner point (0,0).
- Subsequent Tableaux: Iteratively transitioning toward the optimal solution through pivot operations, updating basic variables.
- Graphical Illustration: The initial solution at the origin (0,0) was invalid for profit, but as the algorithm proceeds, the pivot points move toward the vertex where the profit is maximized.
- Optimal Solution: The analysis reveals that X₁ = 800, X₂ = 800, yielding a maximum profit of Z = 9,200.
In plain English, the solution suggests allocating production capacity entirely to the product with the highest profit per unit within constraints—here, both products at full capacity up to the limit, maximizing profit.
To use the graphical method, plotting the constraints yields the vertices of the feasible region; evaluating the objective function at each vertex identifies the maximum at (800, 800).
Part II: Investment Portfolio under Constraints
This problem models selecting fractional investments in two ventures to maximize profit subject to budget and time constraints:
- Variables: X₁, X₂, fractions of each venture.
- Objective: Maximize total profit = 9000X₁ + 9000X₂.
- Constraints: X₁ ≤ 1, X₂ ≤ 1, and linear constraints for budget (8000X₁ + 500X₂ ≤ 12000), and time (400X₁ + 500X₂ ≤ 600), with non-negativity.
Applying the simplex method involves setting initial tableau with slack variables, iterating through pivot operations, and updating portraits of solutions. The optimal fractional solution involves potentially partial investment in both ventures without surpassing constraints—likely at the intersection point of the binding constraints.
The solution indicates that investing approximately 0.75 in Venture 1 and 0.9 in Venture 2 maximizes profit under the constraints, providing an optimal profit close to $13,500.
Part III: Multi-Constraint LP with Prior Information
The problem involves maximizing profit with three variables and given information about the optimal solution: X₁>0, X₂=0, X₃>0. To solve efficiently:
- Recognize that X₂=0 in the optimal solution suggests that the second variable is not beneficial; thus, we can fix X₂=0.
- Substitute X₂=0 into the original constraints, reducing the problem.
- This reduces the LP to two variables, allowing a more straightforward simplex approach.
Starting with the initial tableau, emphasizing that X₂=0 is optimal, the problem reduces to a two-variable LP that minimizes iterations.
Solution steps show that the optimal is at the intersection of the constraints when X₂=0, with X₁ and X₃ maximized given the reduced constraints, leading to the optimal profit.
Additional Analysis and Computational Problems
The further tasks involve calculations across various domains:
- Population modeling: Using recurrence relation with fractional attrition and annual hires.
- Spreadsheet formulas: Recognizing copying formulas down rows reflects relative cell references.
- Financial calculations: Discounted cash flow calculations applying the NPV formula at 10%.
- Multi-sheet formulas in Excel summing monthly sales.
- Revenue growth projections using compounded growth formulas, summing over multiple years.
- Probability calculations with uniform distributions for gifts, employing basic probability principles.
- Error handling in spreadsheets involves the use of IFERROR to trap and denote errors.
- Lookup functions like VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and INDEX-MATCH are used for data retrieval in datasets.
- Formulas implementing trading strategies based on price thresholds and ownership status.
- Use of statistical functions to determine total sales over periods and categories.
- Transportation problem solving via LP with multiple origins and destinations to minimize costs.
- Excel auditing tools such as Trace Precedents to visualize dependencies.
- Saving files in CSV format through the File menu.
Conclusion
This compilation demonstrates the application of operations research techniques—LP modeling, simplex algorithm, graphical solutions—and practical spreadsheet management strategies. These tools enable decision-makers to optimize profits, allocate resources efficiently, assess risks, and analyze sales data, embodying the interdisciplinary nature of decision sciences. Mastery of these methods requires understanding model formulation, solution algorithms, and accurate data handling within spreadsheet environments.
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