Thursday, May 20, 2010

Types of Linear Programming Problems

Following are the few important types of Linear Programming Problems

1. Manufacturing problems In these problems, we determine the number of units
of different products which should be produced and sold by a firm
when each product requires a fixed manpower, machine hours, labor hour per
unit of product, warehouse space per unit of the output etc., in order to make
maximum profit.

2. Diet problems In these problems, we determine the amount of different kinds
of constituents/nutrients which should be included in a diet so as to minimize the
cost of the desired diet such that it contains a certain minimum amount of each
constituent/nutrients.

3. Transportation problems In these problems, we determine a transportation
schedule in order to find the cheapest way of transporting a product from
plants/factories situated at different locations to different markets.

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