Question: Problem #2 (20 points) A company needs to decide on the locations for two new warehouses. The candidate sites are Philadelphia, Tampa, Chicago, and Denver.

Problem #2 (20 points) A company needs to decide

Problem #2 (20 points) A company needs to decide

Problem #2 (20 points) A company needs to decide on the locations for two new warehouses. The candidate sites are Philadelphia, Tampa, Chicago, and Denver. The following table provides the monthly capacities and the monthly fixed costs for operating warehouses at each potential site. Warehouse Monthly Capacity (units) Monthly Fixed Cost Philadelphia 250 $1000 Tampa 260 $800 Chicago 280 $1200 Denver 270 $700 The warehouses will need to ship to three marketing areas: North, South, and West. Monthly requirements are 200 units for North, 180 units for South, and 120 units for West. The following conditions must be met by the final decision: (1) A warehouse must be opened in either Philadelphia or Denver, and (2) if a warehouse is opened in Tampa, then one must also be opened in Chicago. Finally, the following table provides the cost to ship one unit between each location and destination. Warehouse Philadelphia Tampa Chicago Denver North $4 $6 $5 $8 South $7 $3 $6 $10 West $9 $11 $5 $2 Formulate the given decision problem as an integer linear program to determine which two sites should be selected for the new warehouses as to minimize total fixed and shipping costs. Setup/solve the problem using Microsoft Excel with Analytic Solver (or Open Solver) OR Gurobi Python (or Pyomo). For the mathematical formulation, provide a complete mathematical description of the decision variables (with units), objective function and constraints. You should use explicit (or implicit) form. Also, the model setup should provide clearly labeled values used for the decision variables, constraints, and objective function

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