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An unbalanced assignment problems can be balanced by adding dummy rows or columns with ______ cost
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
In sequencing problem the time which required to complete all the jobs i.e. entire task is called ______
Concept: Sequencing Problem
| Book | A | B | C | D |
| Printing | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Data Entry | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
The optimum sequence for the above data is ______
Concept: Finding an Optimal Sequence
State whether the following statement is True or False:
In sequencing problem the processing times are dependent of order of processing the jobs on machine
Concept: Sequencing Problem
Find the assignments of salesman to various district which will yield maximum profit
| Salesman | District | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| A | 16 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| B | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| C | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 |
| D | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
Find the sequence that minimizes total elapsed time to complete the following jobs in the order XY. Find the total elasped time and idle times for each machine.
| Jobs | A | B | C | D | E |
| Machine X | 10 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 20 |
| Machine Y | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
Concept: Types of Sequencing Problem
For the following assignment problem minimize total man hours:
| Subordinates | Required hours for task | |||
| I | II | III | IV | |
| A | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 |
| B | 12 | 27 | 3 | 25 |
| C | 37 | 18 | 17 | 14 |
| D | 18 | 25 | 23 | 9 |
Subtract the `square` element of each `square` from every element of that `square`
| Subordinates | Required hours for task | |||
| I | II | III | IV | |
| A | 0 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| B | 9 | 24 | 0 | 22 |
| C | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| D | 9 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
Subtract the smallest element in each column from `square` of that column.
| Subordinates | Required hours for task | |||
| I | II | III | IV | |
| A | `square` | `square` | 19 | `square` |
| B | `square` | `square` | 0 | `square` |
| C | `square` | `square` | 3 | `square` |
| D | `square` | `square` | 14 | `square` |
The lines covering all zeros is `square` to the order of matrix `square`
The assignment is made as follows:
| Subordinates | Required hours for task | |||
| I | II | III | IV | |
| A | 0 | 14 | 19 | 3 |
| B | 9 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| C | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D | 9 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
Optimum solution is shown as follows:
A → `square, square` → III, C → `square, square` → IV
Minimum hours required is `square` hours
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
State whether the following statement is true or false:
To convert a maximization-type assignment problem into a minimization problem, the smallest element in the matrix is deducted from all elements of the matrix.
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
A job production unit has four jobs P, Q, R, and S which can be manufactured on each of the four machines I, II, III, and IV. The processing cost of each job for each machine is given in the following table:
| Job | Machines (Processing cost in ₹) |
|||
| I | II | III | IV | |
| P | 31 | 25 | 33 | 29 |
| Q | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
| R | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
| S | 38 | 36 | 34 | 40 |
Find the optimal assignment to minimize the total processing cost.
Concept: Assignment Problem
Five jobs are performed first on machine M1 and then on machine M2. Time taken in hours by each job on each machine is given below:
| Machines↓\Jobs→ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| M1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| M2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
Determine the optimal sequence of jobs and total elapsed time. Also, find the idle time for two machines.
Concept: Finding an Optimal Sequence
A department store has four workers to pack goods. The times (in minutes) required for each worker to complete the packings per item sold is given below. How should the manager of the store assign the jobs to the workers, so as to minimize the total time of packing?
| Workers | Packing of | |||
| Books | Toys | Crockery | Cutlery | |
| A | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| B | 13 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| C | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| D | 4 | 15 | 4 | 9 |
Concept: Assignment Problem
A marketing manager has list of salesmen and territories. Considering the travelling cost of the salesmen and the nature of territory, the marketing manager estimates the total of cost per month (in thousand rupees) for each salesman in each territory. Suppose these amounts are as follows:
| Salesman | Territories | ||||
| I | II | III | IV | V | |
| A | 11 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| B | 7 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| C | 9 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| D | 13 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
Find the assignment of salesman to territories that will result in minimum cost.
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
Six jobs are performed on Machines M1 and M2 respectively. Time in hours taken by each job on each machine is given below:
| Jobs `→` | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| Machines `↓` | ||||||
| M1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| M2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Determine the optimal sequence of jobs and find total elapsed time. Also find the idle time for machines M1 and M2.
Solution:
Given jobs can be arranged in optimal sequence as,
| D | A | C | B | E | F |
| Jobs | Machine M1 | Machine M2 | ||
| In | Out | In | Out | |
| D | 0 | 2 | `square` | 8 |
| A | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| C | 5 | 10 | 16 | 25 |
| B | 10 | 22 | 25 | 35 |
| E | 22 | 31 | 35 | 38 |
| F | 31 | 42 | `square` | 43 |
Total Elapsed time = `square` hrs.
Idle time for Machine M1 = 43 – 42 = 1 hour.
Idle time for Machine M2 = `square` hrs.
Concept: Finding an Optimal Sequence
Three new machines M1, M2, M3 are to be installed in a machine shop. There are four vacant places A, B, C, D. Due to limited space, machine M2 can not be placed at B. The cost matrix (in hundred rupees) is as follows:
| Machines | Places | |||
| A | B | C | D | |
| M1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| M2 | 15 | - | 13 | 20 |
| M3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Determine the optimum assignment schedule and find the minimum cost.
Concept: Special Cases of Assignment Problem
The number of complaints which a bank manager receives per day is a Poisson random variable with parameter m = 4. Find the probability that the manager will receive -
(a) only two complaints on any given day.
(b) at most two complaints on any given day
[Use e-4 =0.0183]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
If a random variable X follows Poisson distribution such that P(X = l) =P(X = 2), then find P(X ≥ 1). [Use e-2 = 0.1353]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
If X has Poisson distribution with parameter m = 1, find P[X ≤ 1] [Use `e^-1 = 0.367879`]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
If X has a Poisson distribution with variance 2, find P (X = 4)
[Use e-2 = 0.1353]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
If X has a Poisson distribution with variance 2, find P(X ≤ 4)
[Use e-2 = 0.1353]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
If X has a Poisson distribution with variance 2, find
Mean of X [Use e-2 = 0.1353]
Concept: Poisson Distribution
