OM SAKTHI

ADHIPARASAKTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

ANNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY-CHENNAI
Ph.D COURSE WORK

DIRECT STUDY PERIODICAL TEST-1 (QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT) Max Marks:50 Part- A (5*2=10)s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. State two advantages and disadvantages of operations research. Write down the main phases of operation research . Define Basic feasible solution. Define CPM. Write about inventory control. Part- B (16*2=32) 6. (a) In a multi specialty hospital, nurses report to duty at the end of every 4hour as shown in table . Each nurse, after reporting, will work for 8 hours continuously. The minimum number of nurses required during various periods are summarized in table. Develop a mathematical model to determine the number of nurses to report at the beginning of each period such that the total number of nurses who have to report to duty in a day in minimized. Data showing the minimum Number of Nurses of Report for Duty Interval Number required 1 2 3 4 5 6 Time period From 12 midnight 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 12 noon 4 p.m. 8 p.m. (or) (b) Solve the following LPP by simplex method -4x,+10x2 2x1+x250 2x1+5x2100 2x1+3x290 And x1,x20 7. (a) A professional institute is organizing a seminar on New Accounting Techniques at Delhi. The seminar will include 2 keynote speeches and 8 paper reading sessions. It is considered that the following activities are to be accomplished with the respective duration as specified in the table below. Max = Sub to = Minimum number of nurses To 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 12 noon 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 12 midnight

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Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O

Description Fix the dates of the seminar Formulate the theme of the seminar Compile a mailing list Get the brochure, etc., printed Finalize selection of the guest speakers Send invitations to the two guest speakers Mail brochure and technical paper requires to all persons Collect all submitted papers Review the paper and select the papers to be presented Inform authors about acceptance or rejection of papers and time of presentation for accepted papers Arrange accommodation and meals arrangements Arrange transportation Arrange conference room, etc. Prepare introductory speech Assign duties to various volunteers (or)

Preceding activities B B A,E C,D G H I C,D C,D C,D J M

Duration(days) 2 2 4 6 1 1 3 45 10 7 6 2 2 1 2

(b) A project consists of activities A,B,C,H,I ;x<y means that the activity x must be completed before y can start and x,y<w means that w will start only after completion of activities x and y. With the notation construct the network diagram for the following constraints. A<D; A<E; B<F; C<G; D<H; E,F<I

The project has the following time schedules of the above activities Task : A 5 10 8 B 18 22 20 C 26 40 33 D 16 20 18 E 15 25 20 F 6 12 9 G 7 12 10 H 7 9 8 I 3 5 4

Optimistic time, to: Pessimistic time tp; Most likely time tl;

Determine the following: (a) Draw the network diagram of activities and determine the critical path. (b) The probability of an event occurring at the expected completion date if the original scheduled time of completing the project is 41.5 weeks. (c) The duration of the project that will have 95 per cent chance of being completed. 8. Solve the LLP problem by Graphically method Max = Sub to = 3x1+2x2 -2x1+x21 X12 x1+x23 x1,x20 (1*8=8)

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