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MBA II Semester Supplementary Examinations June 2019
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(For students admitted in 2014 (LC), 2015 & 2016 only)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60
All questions carry equal marks
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SECTION ? A
Answer the following: (05 X 10 = 50 Marks)
1 Explain about nature, scope and quantitative analysis as a frame work for managerial decisions.
OR
2 Use simplex method to solve the following L.PP maximize ?? = 4 ?? 1
+ 10 ?? 2
subject to the constant
2 ?? 1
+ ?? 2
< 50, 2 ?? 1
+ 5 ?? 2
? 100, 2 ?? 1
+ 3 ?? 2
? 90.
?? 1
, ? 0 ???? ?? ?? 2
? 0.
3 Find the starting solution in the following transportation problem by Vogel?s approximation method.
Also obtain the optimum solution:
?? 1
?? 2
?? 3
?? 4
Supply
?? 1
3 7 6 4 5
?? 2
2 4 3 2 2
?? 3
4 3 8 5 3
Demand 3 3 2 2
OR
4 Solve the following transportation problems to maximize the profit
Destination Supply
40 25 22 33 100
Source 44 35 30 30 30
38 38 28 30 70
Demand 40 20 60 30
5 In a factors, there are Six jobs to perform, each which should go through two machines A and B in
the order the processing timings (in hours) for the jobs are given here. You are required to
determine the sequence for performing the jobs that would minimize the total elapsed time T.
What is the value of T?
Job J
1
J
2
J
3
J
4
J
5
J
6
Machine A 1 3 8 5 6 3
Machine B 5 6 3 2 2 10
OR
6 Consider a ?modified? form of? matching biased coins game problem. The matching player is paid
Rs. 8.00 if the two coins turn both heads and Rs. 1.00 if the coins turn both tails. The non-matching
player is paid Rs. 3.00 when the two coins do not match. Given the choice of being the matching or
non-matching player, which one would you choose and what would be your strategy.
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Code: 14E00205
MBA II Semester Supplementary Examinations June 2019
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(For students admitted in 2014 (LC), 2015 & 2016 only)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60
All questions carry equal marks
*****
SECTION ? A
Answer the following: (05 X 10 = 50 Marks)
1 Explain about nature, scope and quantitative analysis as a frame work for managerial decisions.
OR
2 Use simplex method to solve the following L.PP maximize ?? = 4 ?? 1
+ 10 ?? 2
subject to the constant
2 ?? 1
+ ?? 2
< 50, 2 ?? 1
+ 5 ?? 2
? 100, 2 ?? 1
+ 3 ?? 2
? 90.
?? 1
, ? 0 ???? ?? ?? 2
? 0.
3 Find the starting solution in the following transportation problem by Vogel?s approximation method.
Also obtain the optimum solution:
?? 1
?? 2
?? 3
?? 4
Supply
?? 1
3 7 6 4 5
?? 2
2 4 3 2 2
?? 3
4 3 8 5 3
Demand 3 3 2 2
OR
4 Solve the following transportation problems to maximize the profit
Destination Supply
40 25 22 33 100
Source 44 35 30 30 30
38 38 28 30 70
Demand 40 20 60 30
5 In a factors, there are Six jobs to perform, each which should go through two machines A and B in
the order the processing timings (in hours) for the jobs are given here. You are required to
determine the sequence for performing the jobs that would minimize the total elapsed time T.
What is the value of T?
Job J
1
J
2
J
3
J
4
J
5
J
6
Machine A 1 3 8 5 6 3
Machine B 5 6 3 2 2 10
OR
6 Consider a ?modified? form of? matching biased coins game problem. The matching player is paid
Rs. 8.00 if the two coins turn both heads and Rs. 1.00 if the coins turn both tails. The non-matching
player is paid Rs. 3.00 when the two coins do not match. Given the choice of being the matching or
non-matching player, which one would you choose and what would be your strategy.
Contd. in page 2
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7 Assume that the goods trains are coming in a yard at the rate of 30 trains per day and suppose that
the inter-arrival times follow an exponential distribution. The service time for each train is assumed
to be exponential with an average of 36 minutes. If the yard can admit 9 trains at a time (There
being 10 lines, one of which is reserved for shunting purposes). Calculate the probability that yard
is empty, find the average wave length.
OR
8 If for a period of 2 hours in the day (8 to 10 a.m.) Trains arrive at the yard every 20 minutes but the
service time continues to remain 36 minutes then calculate for this period:
(i) The probability that the yard is empty.
(ii) Average number of trains in the system, on the assumption that the line capacity of the yard is
limited to 4 trains only.
9 In a machine shop a particular cutting tool costs Rs.6 to replace. If a tool breaks on the job, the
production disruption and associate costs amount Rs.30. The part life of a tool is given as follows:
Job No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Proportion of broken tools on job 0.01 0.03 0.09 0.13 0.25 0.55 0.95
After how many jobs, should the shop replace a tool before it breaks down?
OR
10 A small project is composed of seven activities whose time estimates are listed in the as follows:
Activity Estimated duration (weeks)
i j Optimistic Most likely Pessimistic
1 2 1 1 7
1 3 1 4 7
1 4 2 2 8
2 5 1 1 1
3 5 2 5 14
4 6 2 5 8
5 6 3 6 15
(a) Draw the project network.
(b) Find the expected duration and variance of each activity. What is the expected project length?
(c) Calculate the variance and standard deviation of project length. What is the probability that the
project will be completed: (i) At least 4 weeks earlier than expected? (ii) No more than 4 weeks
later than expected.
SECTION ? B
(Compulsory question, 01 X 10 = 10 Marks)
11 Case Study/Problem:
Five men are available to do five different jobs. From past records, the time (in hours) that each
man takes to do each job is known and given in the following table:
Jobs
I II III IV V
Men
A 2 9 2 7 1
B 6 8 7 6 1
C 4 6 5 3 1
D 4 2 7 3 1
E 5 3 9 5 1
Find the assignment of men to jobs that will minimize the total time taken.
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