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The document contains questions from a management science exam covering various operations research and decision modeling techniques. It includes questions about analytical vs simulation models, linear programming problems, transportation problems, sequencing problems, project management techniques like PERT and CPM, replacement problems, and queuing models. Students are asked to solve problems, distinguish concepts, describe steps in techniques, and discuss applications of operations research in management decision making.

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Regd. No. M.B.A.

DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, APRIL 2012


ThirdTrimester

07 A6137

3RT07BA - DECISION MODELS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (Regulations 2007) Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL the questions PART A (10 X 2 = 20 Marks)
1. Write distinction between Analytical and Simulation Models. 2. Explain the terms with reference to LPP. a)Feasible solution and b) Unbounded solution. 3. Write in brief about Unbalanced Transportation problem. 4. Mention the steps that are involved in the formulation of LPP. 5. Write the four elements that characterize a sequencing problem. 6. What is no passing rule in sequencing problem? 7. What are different types of floats? Define them. 8. Distinguish between activity and event. Give examples. 9. What is Replacement? Describe one important replacement situation. 10.What are the situations which make the replacement of items necessary?

Maximum: 100 Marks

PART - B (5 X 16 = 80 Marks)
11.a) i) Operation research is aid for the management in making decisions based on scientific method of analysis. Analyze critically. ii)Solve graphically the following Maximize z = 50 x + 30 y Subject to the constraints: 2 x + y 18 , x + y 12 , 3 x + 2 y 34 x 0, y 0 OR 11. b) i)Discuss the points to be considered in the conversion of LPP into its Standard LPP. Hence Convert the following LPP into its standard form: Minimise z = 3x1 + 2 x2 Subject to the constraints: x1 x 2 4 , 2 x1 + 3 x 2 8 where x1 0 , x 2 is unrestricted. ii)Solve the following by simplex method. Maximise 7 5 Subject to constraints 2 6 4 3 12 With 0, 0 12. a) i) Define Transportation problem. What are the steps involved in the formulation of TP. Write the mathematical formulation of TP. ii)Define the terms: a. Unbalanced Transportation Problem. b. Prohibited Assignment Problem. c. Maximization in Transportation Problem. d. Degeneracy in Transportation Problem. OR

12. b) Find the optimum solution using MODI method for the following transportation table. Select any one method for calculation of Initial Basic Feasible Solution. The table with allocation is as follows: A W X Y Demand 4 16 8 72 B 8 24 16 102 C 8 16 24 41 Supply 76 82 77 235

13. a) Write the procedure for processing n jobs through three machinesand there are five jobs,each of which must go through the Machines A,B,C in the order ABC.Determine the sequence that will minimize the total elapsed time. Job No Machine A Machine B Machine C 1 5 2 3 2 7 1 7 3 6 4 5 4 9 5 6 5 5 3 7

OR 13. b) i)In a public telephone booth, the arrivals on an average are 15 per hour. A call on an average takes three minutes. If there is just one phone find 1) the expected number of callers in the booth at any time and (2) the proportion of time, the booth is expected to be idle? ii)A super market has two girls ringing up sales at the customers. If the service time for each customer is exponential with mean four minutes and if people arrive in a Poisson fashion at the counter, at the rate of 10 per hour, then calculate (1) The probability of having to wait for service. (2) The expected percentage of idle time for each girl. (3) If a customer has to wait, find the expected length of his waiting time. 14. a) A small project consisting of eight activities has the following characteristicsTime-Estimates in weeks Preceding Most Most Likely Most Activity Activity Optimistic(a) (m) Pessimistic (b) A None 2 4 12 B None 10 12 26 C A 8 9 10 D A 10 15 20 E A 7 7.5 11 F B,C 9 9 9 G D 3 3.5 7 H E,F,G 5 5 5 i. ii. iii. iv. Draw the PERT network for the project. Determine the critical path and find expected activity time and variance. Calculate the earliest and latest expected completion times of each event. Find the total float, free float and independent float. OR

14. b) Write a note on PERT and CPM by discussing their methodologies. Also distinction between PERT and CPM. Write their advantages and disadvantages. 15. a) A machine owner finds from his past records that the costs per year of maintaining a machine whose purchase price is Rs. 6000 are given below: Year Maintenance (In Rs) M(t) Resale value (in Rs) S(t) 1 1000 3000 2 1200 1500 3 1400 750 4 1800 375 5 2300 200 6 2800 200 7 3400 200 8 4000 200

Determine at which time it is profitable to replace the truck. OR 15. b) The probability Pn of failure just before age n is shown below. If individual replacement costs Rs.12.50 and group replacement costs Rs 3 per item. Find the optimum replacement policy. Months of use n Percent of bulbs failing by that month Pn 1 0.1 2 0.2 3 0.25 4 0.3 5 0.15

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