TANM Applications
Jiacheng Mai
MA4_SolutionTemplate.docxModule Assessment 4: TANM Applications
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PROBLEM A: Casper Geriatric Center (16 pts)
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1. Is this a minimization or maximization problem? Explain.
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2. Is this a balanced or unbalanced problem? Explain.
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3. What is the total capacity of Stations 10J and 6G?
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4. What is the total demand for Sections A,C,E and F?
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5. What is the value of your optimal solution?
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6. In your optimal solution, to which sections and how many trays to each of these sections should location 2L deliver?
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7. Where will Section D get its meals? How many from each Station?
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8. Aside from the obvious deliveries from the factory to warehouses or warehouses to stores, identify and discuss 2 more scenarios on how the transportation model can be used.
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Problem B: Good Stuffing Sausage Company (16 pts)
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1. Is this a minimal spanning or shortest route problem? Explain.
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2. Explain the differences between minimal spanning and shortest route problems. Give an example where each type of modeling can be used.
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3. How many branches are there in this network?
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4. How many hours will it take to drive through Nodes 2-4-8? Explain.
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5. Which arc takes the longest time to travel?
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6. Korina thinks the best route is 1-5-6-10. Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
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7. What is the value of your optimal solution?
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8. What are the nodes included in your optimal solution?
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Problem C: 9-31: NASA Missions ( 13 points)
(Hint – your answers in questions 1, 2 and 3 should be a schedule on which mission specialist should be scheduled to which flight. Provide your explanations for your answers) 13 points
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1. Who should be assigned to which flight to maximize ratings?
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2. NASA has just been notified that Anderson is getting married in February and has been granted a highly sought publicity tour in Europe that month. (He intends to take his wife and let the trip double as a honeymoon.) How does this change the final schedule? Explain.
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3. Certo has complained that he was rated incorrectly on his January missions. Both ratings should be 10s, he claims to the chief, who agrees and re-computes the schedule. Do any changes occur over the schedule set in Question 2? Why or why not?
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4. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to scheduling?
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