K. T. S. P.
MANDAL
Institute Of Technology Management And Research
Rajgurunagar
Academic Year 2025-2026
Decision Science
Prof. Shinde S. H.
Assignment 1
Q.1 Explain the roles of quantitative technique in management decision making process.
Q.2 Explain the applications of linear programming in functional areas of management .
Assignment 2
Q.1 The owner of winner sports wishes to determine the number of advertisements to be placed
in three selected monthly magazine A, B and C. His objective is to advertise in such a way that
the total exposure to the principal buyers of the expensive sports goods is maximized. Percentage
of readers for each magazine are known. Exposure in any particular magazine is the number of
advertisements placed multiplied by number of principal buyers. The following data may be
used:
Magazines
Particulars A B C
Readers 100000 60000 40000
Principal Buyers 15% 15% 7%
Cost/Adv. (Rs.) 5000 4500 4250
The budget amount at most is Rs. 100000 for advertisements. The owner has already decided
that magazine A will have no more than 6 advertisements and that B and C each have at least 2
advertisements. Formulate LPP model for the given information.
Q.2 Solve the following LPP graphically.
Minimise Z = 6x + 5y
Subject to; 4x + y 10
2x + 3y 15
x 10
x, y 0
Assignment 3
Q.1 Explain the steps in solving transportation problem
1. NWCR
2. LCM
3. VAM
Q.2 Obtain the initial solution of the following transportation problem using
1. NWCM
2. LCM
3. VAM
D1 D2 D3 D4 SUPPLY
O1 10 20 5 7 10
O2 13 9 12 8 20
O3 4 15 7 9 30
O4 14 7 1 0 40
O5 3 12 5 19 50
DEMAND 60 60 20 10
Assignment 4
Q.1 A company has to assign four workers A, B, C and D to four jobs w, x, y, z. The cost matrix
is given below:
Workers Job w Job x Job y Job z
A 1000 1200 400 900
B 600 500 300 800
C 200 300 400 500
D 600 700 300 1000
Find an optimal assignment schedule and total corresponding cost.
Q.2 A company has a team of four salesman and there are four districts where the company
wants to start its business. After taking into account the capabilities of salesman and the nature
of districts, the company estimates that the profit per day in rupees for each salesman in each
district is as below:
District
1 2 3 4
A 16 10 14 11
Salesman
B 14 11 15 15
C 15 15 13 12
D 13 12 14 15
Find the assignment of salesman to various districts which will yield maximum profit.
Q.3 The cost (Rs. Thousand) of locating of machines the places is estimated as follows. Find
the optimal assignment schedule.
Places
A B C D E
M1 19 21 25 20 21
M2 27 24 - 25 24
M3 - 24 27 24 20
M4 22 16 20 15 16