Operations Research Smu-de Mba Sem 2

Spring 2013 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0048 Operations interrogation- 4 Credits (Book ID B1631) Assignment Set 1 (60 Marks) banknote Assignment Set -1 must be written within 6-8 pages. solution all questions. Q1. Explain the scope of Operations Research. What be the features of Operations Research? 10 marks (300 350 words each) Q2. Six Operators are to be depute to five jobs with the cost of identification in Rs. tending(p) 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. plainly 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 give chase will hold 150 cars. Using the following random be etermine the total numbe r 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) Spring 2013 Q5. a. What do you mean by ascendency? State the dominance rules for rows and columns. b. Find the saddle point of the following hazard and state the optimum strategies for layers 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 lively activities and critical path. 5 +5 = 10 marks (200 250 words each)