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1) Linear & Integer Programming

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2) Create a new data set

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Title: STORM Exercise 1 your name

Number of variables: 3

Number of constraints: 3

Starting solution given: no

Objective type (MAX/MIN): MA

Ready to go on to detailed data?

Enter:

y

Change:

Three column labels: VAR 1, 2, 3 to X1, X2, X3

Change:

Three row labels: CONSTR 1, 2, 3 to b1, b2, b3

Enter:

the following in the OBJ COEFF row:

X1: 5

X2: 3

X3: 4

(See the objective function above in order to understand these values.)

Enter:

the values in the b1 row:

b1: X1: 1 X2: 0 X3: 3 RHS: 30

(See the constraints above in order to understand these values.)

Enter the values in the other two rows:

b2:

b3:

VARBL TYPE

This is nonnegativity. Keep as POS (the default value).

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<F7> Done

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4) Execute the module

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1) Go to the optimal solution

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2) Detailed report

Questions:

a) What are the BASIC variables in the optimal solution?

b) What are the values of each of these variables?

c) What is the profit?

d) So what is the optimal solution … in plain English?

Hit:

<Print Screen>

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<Enter> to get to next screen

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<Print Screen>

Another question:

e) What does "shadow price" mean?

What has changed? Why? This should help explain what a "shadow price" is.

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2) Save the current data set on your disk.

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