Ch07 LPModels 16
Ch07 LPModels 16
To accompany
Quantitative Analysis for Management, Tenth Edition,
by Render, Stair, and Hanna © 2008 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Power Point slides created by Jeff Heyl © 2009 Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Introduction
Many management decisions involve trying to
make the most effective use of limited resources
Machinery, labor, money, time, warehouse space, raw
materials
Linear programming (LP) is a widely used
mathematical modeling technique designed to
help managers in planning and decision making
relative to resource allocation
Belongs to the broader field of mathematical
programming
In this sense, programming refers to modeling and
solving a problem mathematically
100 –
– This Axis Represents the Constraint T ≥ 0
Number of Chairs
80 –
–
60 –
–
40 – This Axis Represents the
– Constraint C ≥ 0
20 –
–
|– | | | | | | | | | | |
0 20 40 60 80 100 T
Figure 7.1 Number of Tables
80 –
–
60 –
–
40 –
–
(T = 60, C = 0)
20 –
–
|– | | | | | | | | | | |
0 20 40 60 80 100 T
Figure 7.2 Number of Tables
80 –
–
60 –
–
(30, 40) (70, 40)
40 –
–
20 –
– (30, 20)
|– | | | | | | | | | | |
0 20 40 60 80 100 T
Figure 7.3 Number of Tables
100 – (T = 0, C = 100)
–
Number of Chairs
100 –
–
Number of Chairs
80 – Painting/Varnishing Constraint
–
60 –
–
40 –
–
Carpentry Constraint
20 – Feasible
Region
–
|– | | | | | | | | | | |
0 20 40 60 80 100 T
Figure 7.5 Number of Tables
80 –
–
60 –
–
3
40 –
–
20 –
–
1 |– | | | | | | | | | | |
0 20 40
4 60 80 100 T
Figure 7.9 Number of Tables
Table 7.3
point method –
First we construct
the feasible 20 – Ingredient C Constraint
Pounds of Brand 2
solution region
The optimal 15 – Feasible Region
solution will lie at a
on of the corners 10 –
as it would in a Ingredient B Constraint
maximization 5– Ingredient A Constraint
b
problem
| | | | c | |
0–
5 10 15 20 25 X1
Figure 7.10 Pounds of Brand 1
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We solve for the values of the three corner points
Point a is the intersection of ingredient constraints
C and B
4X1 + 3X2 = 48
X1 = 3
Substituting 3 in the first equation, we find X = 12
2
Solving for point b with basic algebra we find X =
1
8.4 and X2 = 4.8
Solving for point c we find X = 18 and X = 0
1 2
approach –
Feasible Region
Choosing an
initial cost of 54 20 –
Pounds of Brand 2
cents, it is clear
improvement is 15 –
=2
54
¢
Di
possible re
cti
X
1 +
on 3X
of 2 Is
10 – De oc
31 os
.2¢ cr tL
=2 ea ine
sin
X gC
1 +
5– 3X os
2 t
(X1 = 8.4, X2 = 4.8)
| | | | | |
0–
5 10 15 20 25 X1
Figure 7.11 Pounds of Brand 1
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