Consider the transportation problem having the following data. Exxo 76 is an oil company that operates the

Question:

Consider the transportation problem having the following data.
Exxo 76 is an oil company that operates the pipeline network shown below, where each pipeline is labeled with its maximum flow rate in million cubic feet (MMcf) per day. A new oil well has been constructed near A. They would like to transport oil from the well near A to their refinery at G. Formulate and solve a network optimization model to determine the maximum flow rate from A to G.

Sarah and Jennifer have just graduated from college at the University of Washington in Seattle and want to go on a road trip. They have always wanted to see the mile-high city of Denver. Their road atlas shows the driving time (in hours) between various city pairs, as shown below. Formulate and solve a network optimization model to find the quickest route from Seattle to Denver.

Seattle Butte Billings 10 Portland Boise 12 6. 14 Cheyenne Salt Lake City Grand 4 Denver Junction

a. Formulate a network model for this problem as a minimum-cost flow problem by drawing a network similar to Figure 6.3.
FIGURE 6.3: A network model for the Distribution Unlimited Co. problem as a minimum-cost flow problem.

b. Formulate and solve a spreadsheet model for this problem?

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