ASSIGNMENTS

MB 0032
(3 credits)
Set 1
Marks 60
OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Note: Each Question carries 10 marks

1. Describe in details the different scopes of application of Operations Research.

2. What do you understand by Linear Programming Problem? What are the requirements of
L.P.P.? What are the basic assumptions of L.P.P.?

3. Describe the different steps needed to solve a problem by simplex method.

4. Describe the economic importance of the Duality concept.

5. How can you use the Matrix Minimum method to find the initial basic feasible solution in
the transportation problem.
6. Describe the Integer Programming Problem. Describe the Gomory’s All-I.P.P. method
for solving the I.P.P. problem.
 ASSIGNMENTS
MB 0032
(3 credits)
Set 2
Marks 60
OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Note: Each Question carries 10 marks

1. What are the important features of Operations Research? Describe in details the different
phases of Operations Research.

2. Describe a Linear Programming Problem in details in canonical form.

3. What are the different steps needed to solve a system of equations by the simplex
method?

4. What do you understand by the transportation problem? What is the basic assumption
behind the transportation problem? Describe the MODI method of solving transportation
problem.
5. Describe the North-West Corner rule for finding the initial basic feasible solution in the
transportation problem.
6. Describe the Branch and Bound Technique to solve an I.P.P. problem.