Question: A waste disposal system is shown below. Waste generated in cities ( A , B ) and ( C ) are

A waste disposal system is shown below. Waste generated in cities \( A, B \) and \( C \) are respectively \( b_{A}=50, b_{B}\)\(=30\) and \( b c=40\) tons/day. Transfer stations D and E are transshipment nodes. Landfills F and G can be assumed to have room for an unlimited amount of waste (\(\infty \) tons/day). Costs (\(\$ //\) ton) to move waste are shown on each link. All links have unlimited capacity. Formulate the problem as a MIN Cost Network Problem to move all the daily waste from the cities to the landfills.
(a -5 pts ) Identify and properly define the decision variables of this problem.
(\(\mathrm{b}-5\mathrm{pts}\)) Identify and properly define the objective function of this problem. Write it EXPLICITELY with all numbers and variables
(\(\mathrm{c}-20\mathrm{pts}\)) Identify and properly define the constraints of this problem. Try to avoid obvious useless/redundant constraints
In addition to the MIN COST constraints in (c), also add these:
(d -5 pts ) Assume that transfer station D must process at least 30 tons/day of waste (meaning that the total flow passing through this node should be at least \(30\ldots \)...). What constraint would you add to your formulation?
(e -5 pts ) Assume that transfer station E can process at most 50 tons/day of waste (meaning that the total flow passing through this node should be at most \(50\ldots \).). What constraint would you add to your formulation?
 A waste disposal system is shown below. Waste generated in cities

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