relationship is hazardous. Scenarios like insider trading‚ leaks of confidential information‚ workplace politics and corruption are the results of employees not being in harmony with the presumably productive culture of any organization. Ideally‚ no one would prefer being in such a situation. The fact that employees are their representatives in business as well as society propelled the ideas like Corporate Team Bonding Sessions‚ adventure activities‚ allowing maternal as well as paternal leaves & kids
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1 Topics on "Operational Research" Mar. 2007‚ IST Linear Programming‚ an introduction MIGUEL A. S. CASQUILHO IST‚ Universidade Técnica de Lisboa‚ Ave. Rovisco Pais‚ IST; 1049-001 Lisboa‚ Portugal Linear Programming is presented at an introductory level‚ mainly from the book by Hillier and Lieberman [2005]‚ abridged and adapted to suit the objectives of the “Operational Research” course. It begins with segments of its third chapter. Key words: linear programming; simplex method. I. Fundamentals
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university 404-519-2792 February 20‚ 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is our recommendation for an optimal investment strategy that would allow J. D. Williams‚ Inc. to maximize the annual yield of an investment of $800‚000 in a diversified portfolio of funds. To find the investment that would result in the greatest annual yield we have formulated a linear program that takes into account the requirements for the client of J. D. Williams‚ Inc. The requirements for the investment portfolio can
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Linear Programming is a mathematical technique useful for allocation of scarce or limited resources to several competing activities on the basis of given criterion of optimality.The usefulness of linear programming as a tool for optimal decision-making on resource allocation‚ is based on its applicability to many diversified decision problems. The effective use and application requires‚ as on its applicability to many diversified decision problems. The effective use and application requires‚ as a
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Linear Programming Application Transportation Problem The Navy has 9‚000 pounds of material in Albany‚ Georgia that it wishes to ship to three installations: San Diego‚ Norfolk‚ and Pensacola. They require 4‚000‚ 2‚500‚ and 2‚500 pounds‚ respectively. Government regulations require equal distribution of shipping among the three carriers. The shipping costs per pound for truck‚ railroad‚ and airplane transit are shown below. Formulate and solve a linear program to determine the shipping
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Linear Programming in Finance‚ Accounting and Economics Sijia Lu 7289928683 Abstract This article is literatures review about five articles‚ which apply linear programming to Finance‚ accounting and economics. The mathematical method is found of crucial importance in those fields. The paper shows how theoretical inference in linear programming throws light upon realistic practice‚ and how empirical evidence supports those theories. Keywords: finance; accounting; economics; linear programming; investment
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Graphical and Simplex Methods of Linear Programming The graphical method is the more popular method to use because they are easy to use and understand. Working with only a few variables at a time they allow operations managers to compare projected demand to existing capacity. The graphical method is a trial and error approach that can be easily done by a manager or even a clerical staff. Since it is trial and error though‚ it does not necessarily generate the optimal plan. One downside of this
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all of this money in equity market. However‚ he is aware that concentrating the investments in one particular stock increases the risk and he understands the importance of diversification. After talking to JFS consultants‚ he is convinced that it would be a good idea to diversify his securities and equities investments in three categories: lump-sum stocks‚ government bonds and high growth mutual funds. But‚ he is not sure of how much money he should invest in each category. He gave the guidelines
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12)‚ 28‚ 30. Please use Excel solver function. I posted an annotated solution to Problem 2-5. This problem is an examplar for both the chapter 2 and 3 problems. In this example I show how I typically set up a problem. First I set up the linear programming model and then develop a parallel set-up to use as input to the Solver add-in. I use this strategy because I first like to set up the problem solution before I worry about setting up the parameters for using Solver. 24. Universal Claims Processors
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Executive Summary: Marketing Strategy Optimization: Using linear programming to establish an optimal marketing mixture. Drew M. Stapleton‚ Joe B. Hanna and Dan Markussen‚ American Business Review 2(21)-pg 54-62 June 2003 In recent times marketing strategy is playing a vital role in a firm success. It optimizes the marketing resources and can improve the revenue generation and market share. Since the global market place is increasing‚ companies find optimizing the marketing effort even more
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