Operations Research : Applications and Algorithms
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 7P
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Hiring and firing policy
- The production plan includes hiring employees per month.
- At the beginning of each month workers can be hired or fired.
- Let
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Overtime labour
“Yes”, if overtime labour costs $16 per hour, then overtime labour should be used.
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- Overtime labour is the amount of workers available beyond normal working time...
c.
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Optimum solution
- The new optimum solution value is calculated by the given formula:
- The key row value can be calculated by the given formula:
d.
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Optimum solution
- The new optimum solution value is calculated by the given formula:
- The key row value can be calculated by the given formula:
e.
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Total costs
- The new optimum solution value is calculated by the given formula:
- The key row value can be calculated by the given f
f.
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Optimum solution
- The new optimum solution value is calculated by the given formula:
- The key row value can be calculated by the given formula:
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Total costs
- The new optimum solution value is calculated by the given formula:
- The key row value can be calculated by the given fo
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Al Watan supermarket has hire-purchases scheme for locals and expats. The customers will get the credit facility if they satisfy any of the
following conditions:
1. The customer must hold the present job for more than 5 years and reside in the same place at least for 3 years. In this case, the
customer will get credit upto rupees 300 omr.
2. The monthly salary of the customer must exceed 1000 omr and must hold the present job for more than 5 years. In this case credit will
be given upto rupees 500 omr.
3. The monthly salary must exceed 1000 omr and reside at the same place at least for 3 years. In this case credit will be given upto 500
omr.
4. In the case, the customer's monthly salary exceeds 1000 omr, holds the present job for more than 5 years and also reside in the same
place at least for the 3 years, the credit facility will be upto 1000 omr
5. The credit facility is rejected for all other customers.
Prepare a Decision Table for this hire- purchase scheme.
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QUESTION 15
Al Watan supermarket has hire-purchases scheme for locals and expats. The customers will get the credit facility if they satisfy any of the
following conditions:
1. The customer must hold the present job for more than 5 years and reside in the same place at least for 3 years. In this case, the
customer will get credit upto rupees 300 omr.
2. The monthly salary of the customer must exceed 1000 omr and must hold the present job for more than 5 years. In this case credit
will be given upto rupees 500 omr.
3. The monthly salary must exceed 1000 omr and reside at the same place at least for 3 years. In this case credit will be given upto 500
omr.
4. In the case, the customer's monthly salary exceeds 1000 omr, holds the present job for more than 5 years and also reside in the same
place at least for the 3 years, the credit facility will be upto 1000 omr
5. The credit facility is rejected for all other customers.
Prepare a Decision Table for this hire- purchase scheme.
The Jonesburgh County Basketball Conference (JCBC) is an amateur basketball association. Each cityin the county has one team as its representative. Each team has a maximum of 12 players and aminimum of 9 players. Each team also has up to three coaches(offensive,defensive and physical training coaches).During the season,each team plays two games(home and visitor)against each of the other team. Given those conditions, do the following: Create an ERD for each of the above statements that describe the current business rule for JCBC: Use Crows foot notations and include all of the following in each part: 1.All entities with primary key and any foreign key attributes. 2. The relationships between entities. 3.Identify the cardinality between teams and players and between teams and city. 4. Draw the Crow's foot ERDs to represent the JCBC database.
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Operations Research : Applications and Algorithms
Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 2PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 5PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 1PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 2PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 3PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 4PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 5P
Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 6PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 7PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 8PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 1PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 3PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 4PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 5PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 6PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 7PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 9PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 10PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 11PCh. 5 - Prob. 1RPCh. 5 - Prob. 2RPCh. 5 - Prob. 3RPCh. 5 - Prob. 4RPCh. 5 - Prob. 6RPCh. 5 - Prob. 7RPCh. 5 - Prob. 8RPCh. 5 - Prob. 9RPCh. 5 - Prob. 10RPCh. 5 - Prob. 11RPCh. 5 - Prob. 12RPCh. 5 - Prob. 13RPCh. 5 - Prob. 14RPCh. 5 - Prob. 15RPCh. 5 - Prob. 16RP
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