Questions from Management Science

Q: In Problem 38 check the general manager’s pairwise comparisons for consistency.

In Problem 38 check the general manager’s pairwise comparisons for consistency.

Q: A farmer in the Midwest has 1,000 acres of land

A farmer in the Midwest has 1,000 acres of land on which she intends to plant corn, wheat, and soybeans. Each acre of corn costs $100 for preparation, requires 7 worker-days of labor, and yields a pro...

Q: For Problem 19, develop your own pairwise comparisons for the criteria

For Problem 19, develop your own pairwise comparisons for the criteria you might use to select an apartment complex or other dwelling in your college community, and develop your own AHP ranking for th...

Q: The department of management science at Tech offers four sections of introductory

The department of management science at Tech offers four sections of introductory quantitative methods in the fall semester, each taught by a different teacher. A group of students have developed the...

Q: A faculty committee in the department of Business Analytics at Tech is

A faculty committee in the department of Business Analytics at Tech is evaluating three new text- books for its introductory management science course, which all business students are required to take...

Q: A European oil exploration company wants to relocate its design center to

A European oil exploration company wants to relocate its design center to the UAE as part of company’s consolidation strategy. The following pairwise matrix was developed to evaluate...

Q: Each November the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) releases

Each November the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) releases its list of that year’s nominees for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. There are 5...

Q: The four most famous generals during the American Civil War were Ulysses

The four most famous generals during the American Civil War were Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. Historians have always debated who the greatest gener...

Q: For Problem 44, develop your own pairwise comparisons for and among

For Problem 44, develop your own pairwise comparisons for and among the criteria using your own knowledge of Civil War history and any Internet research you might perform, and develop your own AHP ran...

Q: An undergraduate student of decision sciences wants to buy a mobile.

An undergraduate student of decision sciences wants to buy a mobile. He mainly focuses on three criteria: cost, battery life, and features. He has finalized three models of phones (M1, M2, and M3). Us...