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Larry needs to schedule staffing for the computer center at Buckly College that is open from 8AM to midnight. Based on monitored usage, the minimum number of consultants required during each time period is given. Full-time consultants work 8 hours and are paid $14/hour, while part-time consultants are paid $12/hour but there must be at least two full-time consultants for every part-time consultant during each shift. Larry wants to determine the number of full and part-time consultants to schedule for each shift at minimum cost.

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Business Analytics Problem

Larry needs to schedule staffing for the computer center at Buckly College that is open from 8AM to midnight. Based on monitored usage, the minimum number of consultants required during each time period is given. Full-time consultants work 8 hours and are paid $14/hour, while part-time consultants are paid $12/hour but there must be at least two full-time consultants for every part-time consultant during each shift. Larry wants to determine the number of full and part-time consultants to schedule for each shift at minimum cost.

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1. Larry Edison is the Director of the Computer Center for Buckly College.

He now needs to schedule the staffing of the center. It is open from 8AM until midnight. Larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: Minimum Number of Consultants Required to be on Duty 4 8 10 6

Time of Day 8 AM-noon Noon-4 pm 4pm-8pm 8pm-midnight

Two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. The fulltime consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). Full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. Part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. Part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. An additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. Larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. Formulate this as an LP problem. You must define your variables clearly.

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