Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
By
Dr. Asif Mahmood
drasif@uet.edu.pk
Type 1 Type 2
Profit per unit $60 $50
Assembly time per unit 4 hours 10 hours
Inspection time per unit 2 hours 1 hours
Storage space per unit 3 cubic feet 3 cubic feet
Inspection
Storage
Assembly
Z=900
Z=300 Z=600
X1 = 9
X2 = 4
Z = $740
Constraints
Binding constraints
from previous
example?
Solutions and Corner Points
• Feasible solution space is usually a polygon
• Solution will be at one of the corner points
• Simplex: a linear-programming
algorithm that can solve problems
having more than two decision
variables
MS Excel Worksheet for
Microcomputer Problem
MS Excel Worksheet Solution
Loading the Solver Add-in
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Exercise
• Solve each of these problems by computer and
obtain the optimal values of the decision
variables and the objective function.