OCR D2 Specimen — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleD2 (Decision Mathematics 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeOptimization assignment problems

2 A company has organised four regional training sessions to take place at the same time in four different cities. The company has to choose four of its five trainers, one to lead each session. The cost ( \(\pounds 1000\) 's) of using each trainer in each city is given in the table.
\multirow{7}{*}{Trainer}\multirow{2}{*}{}City
LondonGlasgowManchesterSwansea
Adam4324
Betty3542
Clive3633
Dave2643
Eleanor2534
  1. Convert this into a square matrix and then apply the Hungarian algorithm, reducing rows first, to allocate the trainers to the cities at minimum cost.
  2. Betty discovers that she is not available on the date set for the training. Find the new minimum cost allocation of trainers to cities.