Questions from Management Science


Q: John Clooney, a bush pilot in Alaska, makes regular charter

John Clooney, a bush pilot in Alaska, makes regular charter flights in his floatplane to various towns and cities in western Alaska. His passengers include hunters, fishermen, backpackers and campers,...

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Q: A disaster response agency serves seven regions from its central warehouse (

A disaster response agency serves seven regions from its central warehouse (1). Due to the recent storm, many roads to the regions are closed. Only the available roads for transportation are depicted...

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Q: A new police car costs the Bay City Police Department $26

A new police car costs the Bay City Police Department $26,000. The annual maintenance cost for a car depends on the age of the car at the beginning of the year. (All cars accumulate approximately the...

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Q: An airline company operates a fleet of airplanes. If it buys

An airline company operates a fleet of airplanes. If it buys an airplane, it can be run up to three years. For safety reasons, the plane should be replaced at the end of the third year. The airline ev...

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Q: A developer is planning a development that includes subdivisions of houses,

A developer is planning a development that includes subdivisions of houses, cluster houses, townhouses, apartment complexes, shopping areas, a daycare center and playground, a community center, and a...

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Q: One of the opposing forces in a simulated army battle wishes to

One of the opposing forces in a simulated army battle wishes to set up a communications system that will connect the eight camps in its command. The following network indicates the distances (in hundr...

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Q: Consider the network in Problem 6, but with the following new

Consider the network in Problem 6, but with the following new time estimates for each activity: Determine the following: a. Expected activity times b. Earliest activity times c. Latest activity times...

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Q: The management of the Dynaco manufacturing plant wants to connect the eight

The management of the Dynaco manufacturing plant wants to connect the eight major manufacturing areas of its plant with a forklift route. Because the construction of such a route will take a considera...

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Q: Etisalat provides e-life home entertainment services to residents of Dubai

Etisalat provides e-life home entertainment services to residents of Dubai through high-speed underground cables. Assume that the current network shows the distance between neighborhoods in kilometers...

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Q: As part of Dubai Development Plan, Roads and Transport Authority (

As part of Dubai Development Plan, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) plans to connect malls and recreational places through public transport. It has identified 10 such places whose locations are dep...

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