Linear programming model for a work schedule.
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The sheriff has been asked by the county commissioners to increase weekend patrols in the lake region during the summer months. The sheriff has proposed the following weekly schedule, shifting deputies from weekday assignments top weekends:
Day Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
Assignments 6 4 4 4 5 5 6
Develop a weekly work shift schedule of duty hours providing 2 consecutive days off per week for each officer. Formulate the problem as an integer linear programming model to minimize the number of officers needed, and solve using Excel Solver.
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This solution develops a weekly work shift schedule.
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Assume x1 officers take Sunday, Monday off, x2 officers take Monday Tuesday off, x3 officers takeTuesday Wednesday off, x4 officers take Wednesday ...
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