Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms
Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms
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Author: WINSTON
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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  • Consider the job grading of Indiana University. Job at IU is rated on the following factors:
    • Factor 1: Complexity of duties
    • Factor 2: Education required
    • Factor 3: Mental or visual demands
  • To determine grade of each job its point value and desired score is tabulated.
  • Given table:
 Factor level  
Job123Desired score
1444105
233293
322275
411268
  • Let the variables x1,x2,x3,x4, be the point total assigned level 1,2,3,4, respectively. The given goals are:
    • Goal 1: When increasing the level of a factory by one, the points should increase by at least 10.
    • So the constraint equations become
      • x2x110
      • x3x210
      • x4x310
    • It is observed that for those set of constraint equations are:
      • x2x1+s1+s1=10
      • x3x2+s2+s2=10
      • x4x3+s3+s3=10
    • Goal 2: Difference between actual point total for each job and desired score should be minimum.
    • So the constraint equations are:
      • 3x4+s4+s4=105
      • 2x3+x2+s5+s5=93
      • 3x2+s6+s6=75
      • x2+2x1+s7+s7=68
    • Any deviation from the desired score is not desirable. So both si+ and si should be included. To minimize total deviation, the following should be minimized:
      • d=s4+s4+s5+s5+s6+s6+s7+s7
    • It is observed that these set of constraints do not belong to a feasible region. That is all constraints cannot be met. Hence, a cost value is assigned which is incurred if any of the goal is not met. So, introduce deviational variables as follows.
      • si+=Amount by which we numerically exceed the ith goal.
      • si=Amount by which we are numerically under the ith goal

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