Question: Vancouver Art Gallery is considering installing a video camera security system to reduce its insurance premiums. A diagram of the eight display rooms that the

  1. Vancouver Art Gallery is considering installing a video camera security system to reduce its insurance premiums. A diagram of the eight display rooms that the Art Gallery uses for exhibitions is shown in Figure below; the openings between the rooms are numbered 113. A security firm proposed that two-way cameras be installed at some room openings. Each camera has the ability to monitor the two rooms between which the camera is located. For example, if a camera were located at opening number 4, rooms 1 and 4 would be covered; if a camera were located at opening 11, rooms 7 and 8 would be covered; and so on. Management decided not to locate a camera system at the entrance to the display rooms. The objective is to provide security coverage for all eight rooms using the minimum number of two-way cameras.

  1. Formulate a 0-1 integer linear programming model that will enable Art Gallerys management to determine the locations for the camera systems. (3 marks)

  1. Solve the model formulated in part (a) to determine how many two-way cameras to purchase and where they should be located. (1 marks)

  1. Suppose that management wants to provide additional security coverage for room 7. Specifically, management wants room 7 to be covered by two cameras. How would your model formulated in part (a) have to change to accommodate this policy restriction? (1 marks)

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