BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI - KK BIRLA

GOA CAMPUS
FIRST SEMESTER 2014-2015

Optimization
Tutorial4

1. Show that the Big-M method will indicate that the following problem has no feasible solution.

Maximize z = 2x1 + 5x2

subject to

3x1 + 2x2 6, 2x1 + x2 2, x1 0 and x2 0.

2. Use Big-M method to solve the following LPP:

Minimize z = 4x1 + x2

subject to

3x1 + x2 = 3, 4x1 + 3x2 6, x1 + 2x2 4, x1 0 and x2 0.

3. Solve the following LPP by Big-M method:

Minimize z = 8x2

subject to

x1 x2 0, 2x1 + 3x2 6, x1 and x2 unrestricted.

4. Use Big-M method to solve the following LPP:

Maximize z = 2x1 + 3x2 5x3

subject to
x1 + x2 + x3 = 7, 2x1 5x2 + x3 10, x1 0, x2 0 and x3 0.

5. Using simplex method find a basic feasible solution of the following system

x1 + x2 1
2x1 + x2 2
2x1 + 3x2 6
x1 , x2 0.

6. Use Phase-1 of Two-Phase method to find the unique solution of the following linear system

x1 + 2x2 = 7
4x1 + x2 = 6.
 7. Use Two-Phase method find the optimal solution of the following LPP:

Minimize z = 3x1 + 2x2

subject to
x1 + x2 2, x1 + 3x2 3, x1 x2 = 1, x1 0 and x2 0.

8. Use Two-Phase method to solve the following LPP:

Minimize z = 4x1 + x2

subject to
3x1 + x2 = 3, 4x1 + 3x2 6, x1 + 2x2 4, x1 0 and x2 0.

9. Use Two-Phase method to find the optimal solution of the following LPP:

Maximize z = x1 8x2

subject to

3x1 + 2x2 6
x1 x2 6
9x1 + 7x2 108
3x1 + 7x2 70
2x1 5x2 35
x1 0, x2 is unrestricted in sign.

10. Consider the following LPP:

Maximize z = 15x1 + 25x2
subject to

7x1 + 6x2 20
8x1 + 5x2 30
3x1 2x2 = 18
x1 , x2 0

Find the optimal solution (if it exists) by using (i) Big-M method and (ii) Two-Phase method.

11. Consider the following LPP:

Maximize z = 5x1 + 2x2
subject to
4x1 + 2x2 16, 3x1 + x2 9, 3x1 x2 9, x1 0 and x2 0.
Show that the associated simplex iterations are temporarily degenerate and then, write the optimal solu-
tion of the problem. Also, verify the result by solving the problem graphically.

12. Consider the following LPP:

3 1
Maximize z = x1 20x2 + x3 6x4
4 2

2
 subject to
1
x1 8x2 x3 + 9x4 0
4
1 1
x1 12x2 x3 + 3x4 0
2 2
x3 1
x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 0.
Use TORA to show that the simplex routine will cycle indefinitely.

13. Use Two-Phase method to solve the following LPP

Minimize z = 4x1 + 3x3
subject to
3x1 + 6x2 + 3x3 4x4 = 12, 2x1 + x3 = 4, 3x1 6x2 + 4x4 = 0, x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 0.
Answer the following questions: (i) is the feasible region unbounded? (ii) is the optimal solution unique?
(iii) If it is not unique, find another optimal solution.

14. For the following LPP, Find the optimal solution and show that there exist alternative solutions that are
all non-basic.
Maximize z = 2x1 x2
subject to
x1 x2 10, 2x1 x2 40, x1 , x2 0.

15. Consider the following LPP model

Maximize z = 3x1 + 2x2 + 3x3
subject to
2x1 + x2 + x3 2, 3x1 + 4x2 + 2x3 8, x1 , x2 , x3 0.
Show by the two-phase method that the optimal solution includes an artificial basic variable. Use alternate
rule to solve the problem.

16. For the following problem, show that in an unbounded feasible region, bounded optimal solutions exit.
Maximize z = 6x1 2x2
subject to
2x1 x2 2 x1 4 x1 0 and x2 0.

17. For the following problems find the optimal solution if exists.

(a)
Maximize z = 20x1 + 30x2
subject to
2x1 + x2 40, 4x1 x2 20, x1 30, x1 0 and x2 0.
(b)
Maximize z = 10x1 + 20x2
subject to
2x1 + 4x2 16, x1 + 5x2 15, x1 0 and x2 0.

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