Integer programming Formulation: Northwoods Backpackers is a retail catalogue store in Vermont. It specializes in outdoo

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Integer programming Formulation: Northwoods Backpackers is a retail catalogue store in Vermont. It specializes in outdoo

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Integer programming Formulation:
Northwoods Backpackers is a retail catalogue store in Vermont.It specializes in outdoor clothing and camping equipment. Each day,orders are taken by phone by a large pool of computer operators,some of whom are permanent and some temporary.
A permanent operator can process an average of 76 orders perday, whereas a temporary operator can process an average of 53orders per day. The company averages at least 600 orders per day.The store has 10 computer workstations. A permanent operatorprocesses about 1.3 orders with errors each day, whereas atemporary operator averages 4.1 orders with errors daily. The storewants to limit errors to 24 per day. A permanent operator is paid$81 per day, including benefits, and a temporary operator is paid$50 per day. The company wants to know the number of permanent andtemporary operators to hire to minimize costs.
Formulate an integer programming model for this problem andsolve it by using R. As a response, provide the integer programmingmodel and the result obtained after solving it. (No code isrequired to be submitted)
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