MIE 597SL Supply Chain LogisticsProf. Ana Muriel
Homework #1
Part 1: AMPL Practice Problems
Consider the example we worked on in the AMPL orientation videos:
3D Manufacturing Company must determine the mix of its 3D printers to be produced next year.
The company produces two product lines, the Rogue and the Pro.
β’ The average profit is $400 for each Rogue and $800 for each Pro. Fabrication and
assembly are limited resources.
β’ There is a maximum of 5,000 hours of fabrication capacity available per month (Each
Rogue requires 3 hours and each Pro requires 5 hours).
β’ There is a maximum of 3,000 hours of assembly capacity available per month (Each
Rogue requires 1 hour and each Pro requires 4 hours).
How many of each printer should be produced each month in order to maximize profit?
Recall that we formulated the problem mathematically as
Decision Variables:
X1 = the number of Rogue produced each month
X2 = the number of Pro produced each month
Z = total monthly profit from Rogue and Pro
Maximize Profit Z = 400 X1 +800 X2
Subject to:
3 π1 + 5 π2 β€ 5000
π1 + 4 π2 β€ 3000
π1 , π2 β₯ 0
And we coded it in AMPL with model file GeneralModel.mod:
reset;
set I; /*set of products */
set J; /*set of resources */
param P{I}; /*Profit associated with product i*/
param R{I,J}; /*Amount of resource j required to produce one unit of product i */
param C{J}; /* Capacity available for resource j*/
var X{I} >=0; /* Number of units of product i produced*/
maximize profit: sum{i in I} P[i]*X[i];
subject to capacity {j in J}: sum{i in I} R[i,j]*X[i]