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(SEM. VI) THEORY EXAMINATION 2010-11

OPERATIONS RESEARCH

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(b) (i)

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South India Soaps Limited (SISOL) operated three factories and four warehouses. Capacity and

forecaster demand were as follows:

Factory at Madras Coimbatore Bangalore

Capacity 12 7 7

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Region Co chin Nellore Salem Madurai

Demand 5 4 4
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The trnnsportation

costs-per tonne (Rs.)

From/To Madras Coimbatore Bangalore

Cochin 9S 115 155

NeHore Saiem

Madurai -15

105
180 180

80

40
95

30 70

SISOL wished to minimize its transportation- costs incurred.

(ii)

Five lathers are to be allotted to five operators for each). The following figures (in pieces) : Weekly Output table gives weekly

(one output

L1
P
Q
Operators R S T

Lz
22 23 28 24 28

L ,

L4
32 34 39 37 36

Ls
36 40 34 42 41
profit

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27 29 35 31 31

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..,..,

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Profit per piece is Rs. 25. Find the maximum per week.

Poor (5J). following

Fair (5) and Good table:

(5) are given

in the

Sales A

SI

S2

S3

B
C

10 15 15 25 0 -1,5 05 35

05

Chances of market at States SI' S2 and S) are 30%, 50% and 20% respectively. But the market research finds the actual chances of States of the market as follows:

ActuaLState SI

X(Poor)

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. X(Fair) 2

X(Good)

(}2
(}7

01
(}}

Sz
S3 Find:
{i)

(}2
0

(}2

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Conditional expected loss table. Expected Value of Perfect Information (EVPI).

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(ii)

(iii) Expected loss table on the basis of the results of market research. (iv) Economic cost of market research. (b) (i) Solve the following player A: B1
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7 3 is for

game. The payoff

B2 9

B3 6

B4
0

3 & 2 :"'5 -2 10 A) 7 A4 7 -2

-3 -5

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(ii)

With the help of an appropriate example establish the relationship between game theory and linear

4.

Attempt anyone of the following: (a)

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A refrigerator dealer finds that the cost of holding a unit in stock for a week is Rs. 20. Customers whO cannot get the new refrigerator immediately tend to go to other

dealers and he calculates his loss to Rs. 200 for every customer he losses. Probability distribution of demand is as follows:

I Demand
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Probability

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1 12 010 020

3 030

4 15 020 015

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Assuming that there is no time lag between ordering and delivery, how many refrigerators week? (b) Analyse a Stochastic Single Period Mode! with Initiai inventory and the set up cost, for perishable products; listing the assumptions. 5. Attempt an 'one of the following: : 20 should he order per

(b)

(i)

A company has two manufacturing shops and two tool cribs, one for each shop. Both tool cribs handle almost identical tools, gauges and measuring

instruments.

Analysis

of service time 'shows a

negations exptmential distribution

with mean of

25 minutes per workman. Arrivals of workman follows Poisson distribution with a mean of 18 per hour. The production manager feels that if tool cribs are combined for both shops efficiency will improve and waiting time in the queue will reduce. Do you agree with his opinion? (ii) Explain the basic steps of Monte Cario simulation.