Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Discussion Questions and Problems

Discussion Questions

1. 10-1 Compare the similarities and differences of linear and goal programming.

2. 10-2 A linear programming problem was developed, and the feasible region was found. If the additional restriction that all variables must be integers were added to the problem, how would the size of the feasible region change? How would the optimal value of the objective function change?

3. 10-3 List the advantages and disadvantages of solving integer programming problems by (a) rounding off and (b) enumeration.

4. 10-4 How do the three types of integer programming problems differ? Which do you think is most common, and why?

5. 10-5 What is meant by satisficing, and why is the term often used in conjunction with goal programming? ...