Stat week 7

Purpose

To assess your ability to apply linear programming techniques to solve a non-uniform distribution business problem.

Overview

This is a statistical scheduling problem to be completed individually.

Action Items

1. Complete Problem 8-3 in Quantitative Analysis.

8-3

ISM 6407 Fall 2009

8-3 (Restaurant work scheduling problem). The famous Y. S. Chang Restaurant is open 24hours a day. Waiters and busboys report for duty at 3AM., 7 AM., 11 AM., 3 P.M., 7 P.M., or 11P.M., and each works an 8-hour shift. The following table shows the minimum number of workers needed during the six periods into which the day is divided. Chang’s scheduling problem is to determine how many waiters and busboys should report for work at the start of each time period to minimize the total staff required for one day’s operation. (Hint: Let Xi equal the number of waiters and busboys beginning work in time period i, where i = 1, 2,3,4,5,6.)

2. Individually complete your assignment, responding to the listed questions.

Submission Instructions

· Complete and submit your assignment per your professor's instructions.