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Operational Research (O.R.) case studies

Operational Research (O.R.) case studies. What’s the problem?. www.LearnAboutOR.com. You are a courier…. www.LearnAboutOR.com. You make deliveries…. You are based in Luton You want to make deliveries at a number of towns in Hertfordshire before returning to the depot

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Operational Research (O.R.) case studies

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  1. Operational Research (O.R.) case studies

  2. What’s the problem? www.LearnAboutOR.com

  3. You are a courier… www.LearnAboutOR.com

  4. You make deliveries… You are based in Luton You want to make deliveries at a number of towns in Hertfordshire before returning to the depot what route should you take? www.LearnAboutOR.com

  5. What do we need? A map! www.LearnAboutOR.com

  6. LETCHWORTH HITCHIN STEVENAGE LUTON HATFIELD HERTFORD ST ALBANS POTTERS BAR Something like this… www.LearnAboutOR.com

  7. LETCHWORTH 3 HITCHIN 6.5 6.5 STEVENAGE 8 11 LUTON 14 HATFIELD HERTFORD 9 12 6.5 10.5 ST ALBANS 9.5 10.5 POTTERS BAR With the distances www.LearnAboutOR.com

  8. Let’s summarise the problem We want to leave Luton and visit every town on our map then return to Luton covering the least possible distance www.LearnAboutOR.com

  9. This is an example of aTravelling Salesperson Problem www.LearnAboutOR.com

  10. The Travelling Salesperson Problem The aim is to visit every vertex of the network and return to the starting vertex using the route that has the minimum total weight www.LearnAboutOR.com

  11. Another example where this is used Supermarket home delivery service www.LearnAboutOR.com

  12. What next? Over the next few lessons, we will look at ways of approaching problems of this type… www.LearnAboutOR.com

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