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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0048 –Operations Research- 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1631) Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks)

Note: Assignment Set -1 must be written within 6-8 pages. Answer all questions.

Q1. Explain the scope of Operations Research. What are the features of Operations

Research? 10 marks

Q2. Six Operators are to be assigned to five jobs with the cost of assignment in Rs. given

in the matrix below. Determine the optimal assignment. Which operator will have no

assignment?

Operators Jobs

1 2 3 4 5

1 6 2 5 2 6

2 2 5 8 7 7

3 7 8 6 9 8

4 6 2 3 4 5

5 9 3 8 9 7

6 4 7 4 6 8

10 marks

Q3. a. Explain the Monte Carlo Simulation.

b. A Company produces 150 cars. But the production rate varies with the distribution.

Production Rate 147 148 149 150 151 152 153

Probability 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.05

At present the track will hold 150 cars. Using the following random numbers

determine the average number of cars waiting for shipment in the company and

average number of empty space in the truck. Random Numbers 82, 54, 50, 96, 85,

34, 30, 02, 64, 47.

5 +5 = 10

marks

(200 - 250

words each)

Q4. Explain the Characteristics and Constituents of a Queuing System. 10 marks

(300 - 350

words

each)

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Q5. a. What do you mean by dominance? State the dominance rules for rows and

columns.

b. Find the saddle point of the following game and state the optimum strategies for

players A and B

A

B

1 2 3 4 5

1 9 3 1 8 0

2 6 5 4 6 7

3 2 4 4 3 8

4 5 6 2 2 1

5 +5 = 10

marks

(200 - 250

words

each)

Q6. a What are the differences between PERT and CPM?

b. A project has eleven activities whose duration is given in the following table:

Activity 0 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 5 3 - 4 3 - 6 4 - 7 5 - 7 6 - 7 7 - 8

Duration

(days)

2 8 10 6 3 3 7 5 2 8 3

i. Draw the network

ii. Identify the critical activities and critical path.

5 +5 = 10

marks

(200 - 250 words each)