Java Python ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics
Final examination
Question 1
Each hour from 10AM to 7PM, Bank of America receives checks and must process them. Its goal is to process all the checks the same day they are received. The bank has 13 check-processing machines, each of which can process up to 500 checks per hour. It takes one worker to operate each machine. The bank hires both full-time and part-time workers. Full -time workers work 10AM-6PM, 11AM-7PM or Noon-8PM shifts and are paid $200 per day. Part-time workers work either 2PM-7PM or 3PM-8PM shifts and are paid $95 per day. The number of checks received each day is given in the table below. In the interest of maintaining continuity, the bank must have at least three