BU275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Joule, 32X
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Bu275 lecture #7: transportation, transshipment, and assignment (continued) Formulation: decision variables: xij = number of tons of bricks to transport from plant i to location j [i = (cid:1856)(cid:3037), j = n, e, w total supply = 60, total demand = 80: part c: plant 1 has a capacity of 20 tons and plant 2 has a capacity of 40 tons. Example: transshipping: thomas industries and washburn corporation supply 3 firms (zrox, hewes, rockwright) with customized shelving for its offices they both order shelving from the same 2 manufacturers, arnold manufacturers and. Supershelf, inc: currently, weekly demands by the users are 50 for zrox, 60 for hewes, and 40 for. Variations of transshipment problem: maximization objective function, unacceptable routes route capacities or route minimums. Variations of assignment problem: maximization problem, unacceptable assignments i. e. omega pharmaceutical has 3 agents, each will be assigned to 1 of the 4 sales regions.
