Question: Problem 5 ( adapted from Taha, 2 0 0 3 ) : Razorback Airlines needs to assign aircraft to satisfy demand for four routes. Each
Problem adapted from Taha, : Razorback Airlines needs to assign aircraft to satisfy demand for
four routes. Each day, the demands for routes and are and customers.
Razorback Airlines has three types of aircraft that can be used to satisfy this demand. The following
table provides the relevant data about each type of aircraft:
Depending on which route an aircraft is assigned, it may be able to complete the route multiple times in
a day. The following table specifies the number of times in one day an aircraft of each type can
complete each route:
The cost per trip on a route also depends on the aircraft. This data is given in the following table:
For each customer of unsatisfied demand on routes and respective penalties of $$
$ and $ per customer are incurred due to lost sales.
Part a: Formulate a linear program to determine an aircrafttoroute allocation that minimizes costs.
Please go ahead and include integrality restrictions on your variables even though this technically
means your model is no longer a linear program. In this part, you should not use summation and "for
every".
Part b: Formulate an indexed linear program ie using summation and "for every" to determine a
minimumcost plan for allocating aircraft to routes. You will need to define parameters to represent all
of the data associated with each aircraft type and route.
Part c: Solve the problem using an indexed model ie with summation and "for every" in AMPLCPLEX
and report the obtained optimal solution.
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