4 An Insurance Claims Processing Center Has Six Work Centers Any Of Which Can Be Placed Into Any Of Six Physical Depar 1 (52.17 KiB) Viewed 30 times
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4. An insurance claims processing center has six work centers, any of which can be placed into any of six physical departmental locations. Call the centers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and the departments A, B, C, D, E, and F. The current set of assignments is A-3, B-1, C-6, D-2, E- 4, and F-5. The (symmetric) matrix of departmental distances, in meters is 123456 1-530201520 2-40151010 3--5020 5 --1035 -5 The matrix of work flow (estimated trips per day) is among centers |A|B|C|D|E|F| A-15200 30 0 B20-500 16010 CO50--30 0 30 D306020-70 0 E 400 010-60 F003020 50 The firm estimates that each trip costs approximately $4. (1) What is the cost of the current assignment? (2) Try to find one improved assignment and calculate the cost.
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