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Bms 600: Operation Research  Question Paper

Bms 600: Operation Research  

Course:Master Of Business Administration

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009




DATE: Friday 9th January 2009

TIME: 9.00am-12.00 Noon

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other THREE questions.
1.
a)
Operation research just like an other discipline has got a history.


Chronologically, explain this history highlighting important events that


has contributed to its current state of development.
(10marks)


b)
State and explain the uses of operation research giving relevant examples.










(8marks)

c)
CHUKA transportation company is interested in determining the


minimum transportation cost given the following unit transportation cost,


availability and requirements.





____________________________________________________________

Destination
Origin
1
2
3
Available
1
8
9
10
42
2
9
11
11
30
3
10
12
9
28
Requirement 35
40
25
100



i)
Find a basic feasible solution of problem by:



a)
North west Rule



(5marks)



b)
Least cost method



(5marks)


ii)
Compute the corresponding transportation costs using the two



methods.





(12marks)

2.
A job shop has received an order for six jobs, each of which requires processing

on a lathe. The shop has six lathes of different levels of speed. The following





1


























2




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