Question 1:

The following summary table has been derived from the information in the problem statement:

Table 1 – Summary Table

Day Full-Time Minimum Number of Limitations
Employee Starts Shift Workers for Day
1 = Monday 2 Work: Mon-Fri
Off-Work: Sat-Sun
2 = Tuesday 3 Work: Mon-Fri
Off-Work: Sat-Sun
3 = Wednesday 5 Work: Mon-Fri
Off-Work: Sat-Sun
4 = Thursday 7 Work: Mon-Fri
Off-Work: Sat-Sun
5 = Friday 5 Work: Mon-Fri
Off-Work: Sat-Sun

Decision Variables
These are the decision variables for this problem:

Table 2 – Decision Variables

Decision Description
Variable
X1 Number of employees starting on Monday
X2 Number of employees starting on Tuesday
X3 Number of employees starting on Wednesday
X4 Number of employees starting on Thursday
X5 Number of employees starting on Friday

Results explains the number of employees

Starting of work on 5 days shift for some days. Also, the result for X1 presented the number of
employees that start their work on 5 days long shift on Monday. While the result for X2. Shows the
number of employees for their 5 days long shift on number of employees that initiate their work on 5
days long shift on Tuesday
So,

the” objective functions “is

min z=X 1+ X 2+ X 3 + X 4+ X 5

the objective function shows the total number of employees that needs the meeting for completing the
demands of the daily labors in the diet tech.

Constraints

For the chart interpretations:

“For Monday, X1, X4, and X5 employees will be working. The required number of employees working on
Monday is 2 people. That is why, the sum of X1, X4 and X5 must be at least 2.” It should be noted that
X1 ≠ X1, also because X1 means the number of employees beginning their 5-day long shift on Monday, X1
refers to the group of employees beginning their 5-day long shift on Monday. In other words, X 1 is the
number of people in X1.

By the presented data , the S.T. Equations have been created, as shown below:

Table 3 – S.T. Equations

Day Demand of Workforce Size S.T. Equations
Monday 2 X 1 + X 3+ X 4 + X 5 ≥ 2
Tuesday 3 X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 5 ≥3
Wednesday 5 X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 5
Thursday 7 X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 7
Friday 5 X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 5

Another constraint that should be taken into consideration is sign restriction, as shown below:

X1 , X2 , X3 , X4 , X5≥ 0 eq (2)

Some constrains are needs due to some issues that must permits some processes to creates the
negatives numbers for the people. It denies the positive solution that have negative values for the
decision variables. To ease the WinQSB Formulation, the following Summary of the problem has been
made:
 Table 5 – Summary of Post Office Problem for WinQSB
Objective Function min z=X 1+ X 2+ X 3 + X 4+ X 5
Subject-To Workforce Size Sign Restriction
Equations
X 1 + X 3+ X 4 + X 5 ≥ 2 X1 ≥ 0
X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 5 ≥3 X2 ≥ 0
X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 5 X3 ≥ 0
X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 7 X 4≥ 0
X 1 + X 2+ X 3 + X 4 ≥ 5 X5 ≥ 0

Question 2:
Given 150 Cost per no-show 50 Cost per seat 250 Profit per seat.

Based on this, No-Shows Frequency Prospective Profit Cost if no-show does not happen:

No shows Frequency Profit Overbooking Empty seat

Expected loss loss
1 15 $ 3,750 $ 2,250 $ 1,500
2 10 $ 5,000 $ 3,000 $ 2,000
3 10 $ 7,500 $ 4,500 $ 3,000
4 5 $ 5,000 $ 3,000 $ 2,000
5 3 $ 3,750 $ 2,250 $ 1,500
6 5 $ 7,500 $ 4,500 $ 3,000

a. Atlanta Air offers special rates on its Atlanta/Boston route for the holidays. How would a $200
ticket price affect the number of seats overbooked?
No-Shows 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 10 15 10 5 5 5

Solution:

If price of ticket drops to $200 150 Cost per no-show 50

No shows Frequency Profit Overbooking Empty seat

Expected loss loss
1 15 $ 3,700 $ 2,250 $ 1,450
2 10 $ 4,950 $ 3,000 $ 1,950
3 10 $ 7,450 $ 4,500 $ 2,950
4 5 $ 4,950 $ 3,000 $ 1,950
5 3 $ 3,700 $ 2,250 $ 1,450
6 5 $ 7,450 $ 4,500 $ 2,950