Adobe Scan 22-Apr-2022
Adobe Scan 22-Apr-2022
1 5 A car hire company has one car at each of the five depots a, b, c, d and e.
A Customer in each of the five towns A, B a b C d e
C, D and E requires a car. The distance A 160 130 175 190 200
(in miles) between the depots (origins) and
the towns (destinations) where the customerss B 135 120 130 160 175
are, is given in the adjacent distance
C140 110 1225 170 185
matrix.
How should the cars be assigned to the D 50 50 80 80 110
Customers so as to minimize the distance E 55 35 80 80 105
travelled.
[Calcutta M. Sc., 1976
LPhs A» b, B » e, C » C, D a, E d; Min. dist.
miles.] = 560
A company has four machines on which to do three jobs. Each job can be
assigned to and only one machine. The cost
one
of each job on each machine is given in the
MACHINES
adjacent tableau. What are the job assignment
W X Y Z
which will minimize the cost? A 18 24 28 32
2 2
As
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