Mb0032 Operations Research Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS MB 0032 (2 credits) Set 1 Marks 30 OPERATIONS RESEARCH Note: Each Question carries 10 marks 1. Describe in details the different scopes of application of Operations Research. 2. What do you understand by Linear Programming Problem? What are the requirements of L.P.P.? What are the basic assumptions of L.P.P.? 3. Describe the different steps needed to solve a problem by simplex method.

ASSIGNMENTS MB 0032 (2 credits) Set 2 Marks 30 OPERATIONS RESEARCH Note: Each Question carries 10 marks 1. What are the important features of Operations Research? Describe in details the different phases of Operations Research. 2. Describe a Linear Programming Problem in details in canonical form. 3. What are the different steps needed to solve a system of equations by the simplex method?

ASSIGNMENTS MB 0032 (3 or 4 credits) Set 1 Marks 60 OPERATIONS RESEARCH Note: Each Question carries 10 marks 1. Describe the broad classification of Operations Research models in details. Name the different steps needed in OR approach of problem solving? 2. Describe the graphical method to solve the Linear Programming Problem. Use the following example – ≤ ≤ ≤ ≥≥

3. Describe the Penalty Cost method (Big M Method) for solving L.P.P. 4. Why Duality concept is important in OR? Describe the economic importance of the Duality concept. 5. Describe the Matrix Minimum method of finding the initial basic feasible solution in the transportation problem. 6. What do you understand by the Integer Programming Problem? Describe the Gomory’s AllI.P.P. method for solving the I.P.P. problem.

ASSIGNMENTS MB 0032 (3 or 4 credits) Set 2 Marks 60 OPERATIONS RESEARCH Note: Each Question carries 10 marks 1. Describe in details the OR approach of problem solving. What are the limitations of the Operations Research? 2. What are the characteristics of the standard form of L.P.P.? What is the standard form of L.P.P.? State the fundamental theorem of L.P.P.. 3. Describe the Two-Phase method of solving a linear programming problem with an example. 4. What do you understand by the transportation problem? What is the basic assumption behind the transportation problem? Describe the MODI method of solving transportation problem. 5. Describe the North-West Corner rule for finding the initial basic feasible solution in the transportation problem. 6. Describe the Branch and Bound Technique to solve an I.P.P. problem.