FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATICS

CS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (ICS)

ICS 3106 – OPERATIONS REASEARCH ASSIGNMENT 1

DATE: 15TH APRIL, 2019

1. Given the following matrices:
1 0 7 0 0 4 2 0
A 3 2 2 , B 2 3 2 and C 3 1
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
Determine
i. 2
ii.
iii. 0.5
2. The system composed of 3 industries,
industries, Transportation, Coal mining and electricity has the
following input-output matrix and external demand given by
0.15 0.30 0.15 450
0.50 0.0 0.40 955
0.20 0.10 0.20 670

Find the output for each industry.

3. An economic system is composed of 3 industries , , . Given

Given that industry’s
industry
′
production is 1230, find
find the production of the other industries if
 0.3 0.45 0.2
0.25 0.4 0.5
0.45 0.15 0.3
4. A population of 100000 consumers make the following purchases in a week: 20000
purchased brand A, 35000 purchased brand B, and 45000 purchased brand C. From a
market study, it is estimated that of those who purchased brand A, 80% will purchase it
again next week, 15% will purchase brand B and 5% will purchase neither brand. Of those
who purchased brand B, 85% will purchase it again next week, 12% will purchase brand A
and 3% will purchase neither brand and of those who purchased neither brand, 20% will
purchase brand A, 15% will purchase brand B and 65% will purchase neither brand.
i. Form the transition and state matrices
ii. Determine how many customers will be in each brand after two weeks.
iii. If these patterns continue, will the market be stable? Justify
iv. What will the stable matrix be in the long run?