Question: Question 1. Solve the problem using MS Excel Solver and find an optimal solution and the optimal objective value. (Note: when you create constraints in

 Question 1. Solve the problem using MS Excel Solver and find

Question 1. Solve the problem using MS Excel Solver and find an optimal solution and the optimal objective value. (Note: when you create constraints in the Solver, you have to specify that the cells for decision variables are INT type.)

Submission requirement: Note: you must specify the decision variables as integer in the Solver.

Problem 1. Recall the problem of "Workforce scheduling of a hospital" in Homework \#1. This roblem's formulation is as follows: Decision variables: xi is defined to be the number of nurses hired to start on day i of the week (assume the first day is Monday) minimize x1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x6+x7 Subject to: x1+x4+x5+x6+x718 (cover staffing requirement for Monday) x1+x2+x5+x6+x725 (cover staffing requirement for Tuesday) x1+x2+x3+x6+x715 (cover staffing requirement for Wednesday) x1+x2+x3+x4+x730 (cover staffing requirement for Thursday) x1+x2+x3+x4+x540 (cover staffing requirement for Friday) x2+x3+x4+x5+x620 (cover staffing requirement for Saturday) x3+x4+x5+x6+x723 (cover staffing requirement for Sunday) xi0,xi are integers

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